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Facebook has changed its safety check feature to have a specific Paris focus following the terrorist attacks on the French capital.Facebook has changed its safety check feature to have a specific Paris focus following the terrorist attacks on the French capital.
If the social media app notices a user's device is located in Paris, it will ask them whether they are safe.If the social media app notices a user's device is located in Paris, it will ask them whether they are safe.
The "Safety Check" tool will then notify all the friends of that person that they have marked themselves alive.The "Safety Check" tool will then notify all the friends of that person that they have marked themselves alive.
Users can also check on a list of friends who may be caught up in the tragedy which unfolded in Paris on Friday night, followed by The Independent live blog here.Users can also check on a list of friends who may be caught up in the tragedy which unfolded in Paris on Friday night, followed by The Independent live blog here.
Location is determined by the city in which a person uses internet, the city listed in their profile or their last location if they use the Nearby Friends product.Location is determined by the city in which a person uses internet, the city listed in their profile or their last location if they use the Nearby Friends product.
If someone is not in the Paris area, they can select "I'm not in the area."If someone is not in the Paris area, they can select "I'm not in the area."
Twitter followers based in the capital also offered safe refuge to fellow citizens with the hash tag #PorteOuverte, inviting those too afraid to make longer journeys home to stay with them.Twitter followers based in the capital also offered safe refuge to fellow citizens with the hash tag #PorteOuverte, inviting those too afraid to make longer journeys home to stay with them.
Every #Silkh temple in #Paris has opened its doors tonight 2 give shelter 2 anyone needing safety #PorteOuverte pic.twitter.com/wlYYJxZz8c
French police with protective shields walk in line near the Bataclan concert hall
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Rescuers evacuate an injured person on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire
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French Vigipirate troops mobilize next to Place de la Bastille
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French soldiers mobilize near to the Place de la Bastille
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Wounded people are evacuated outside the scene of a hostage situation at the Bataclan theatre
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People react as they gather to watch the scene near the Bataclan concert hall
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French police secure the area outside a cafe near the Bataclan concert hall
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Rescuers workers evacuate victims near the Bataclan concert hall
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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and French President Francois Hollande attending an emergency meeting at the Interior Ministry
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Spectators invade the pitch of the Stade de France after explosions were heard outside
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A man lies on the ground as French police check his identity near the Bataclan concert hall
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Police officers man a position close to the Bataclan theatre
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Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Paris
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Two men evacuate the Place de la Republique square in Paris as a police officer looks on
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Football fans are evacuated from the Stade de France stadium
An armed police officer
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The Stade de France is evacuated after reports of an explosion
A member of the French fire brigade aids an injured individual near the Bataclan concert hall
Wounded people are evacuated from the Stade de France in Paris
Police are seen outside a cafe in 10th arrondissement of the French capital Paris,
Rescuers assist an injured man on Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire, close to the Bataclan concert hall
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The scene at a restaurant in 10th arrondissement
The Bataclan theatre - where around 100 people are thought be held hostage
The Stade de France as it was evacuated
Forensic experts inspect the site of an attack outside the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis
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The death toll from the attacks, now claimed by radical Islamist terror group Isis, is believed to be more than 120.The death toll from the attacks, now claimed by radical Islamist terror group Isis, is believed to be more than 120.