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A person's response to an emergency situation isn't symmetric in the case of safe/unsafe. If you aren't safe, you should either be on the phone with emergency s
by bradleyland 12y ago
A person's response to an emergency situation isn't symmetric in the case of safe/unsafe. If you aren't safe, you should either be on the phone with emergency services (911 here in the states), or someone who can help you directly. Facebook isn't the appropriate conduit through which you should communicate. That's why you don't see a "I'm in trouble" option. Facebook doesn't want to present themselves as a means to send distress messages.
- xxbondsxx 12y agoBradley hit the nail on the head -- we display a localized emergency services number in the Safety Check UI in case anyone needs to contact the actual authorities. We're not a conduit for life-or-death information like that (which is better handled by the government). Source: engineer on the project