Many Facebook users living nowhere near Pakistan were issued with the ‘safety check’ feature about a ‘nearby’ explosion intended solely for people affected by Sunday’s massive suicide bomb in Lahore.
Facebook apologized for the software glitch, telling Tech Insider:
"We activated Safety Check today [Sunday] in Lahore, Pakistan, after a bombing that took place there. Unfortunately, many people not affected by the crisis received a notification asking if they were okay. We worked to resolve the issue and we apologize to anyone who mistakenly received the notification".
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Social media users from all over the world ironically took to Twitter to ‘poke’ fun at Facebook for asking if they were ‘safe’.
Some mentioned that the text alluding to a nearby explosion without specifying a Pakistan location had led to some alarm:
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