51040 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320771/Facebook-criticized-choosing-turn-Safety-Check-Paris-terrorist-attacks-not-Beirut-bomb-blast.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490Facebook has been criticized for choosing to turn on its Safety Check in Paris after the terrorist attacks, but not activate it in the wake of a deadly bomb blast in Beirut. The feature allows members of the website in areas struck by disasters or incidents involving a high number of casualties let friends and family know they are safe.Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:54:00 +0100dailymail-8c08e1a12f037b52b73f04a74c16aedb20151116175400http://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-to-use-safety-check-feature-more-often-in-wake-of-criticism/#ftag=CAD590a51eFacebook's Safety Check tool helps people let friends and family know they are safe during disasters. Facebook. Facebook's Safety Check status tool, which was activated during Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, remains a "work in progress." That description from Facebook follows criticism that the....Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:31:00 +0100cnet-333e38da0911e7d5bc86a7004867b1bc20151116173100http://www.elcomercio.com/guaifai/facebook-safetycheck-ataques-redessociales-paris.htmlterrorista durante los recientes atentados en París. Se informa que alrededor de 5 millones de personas habrían utilizado este mecanismo para notificar a sus seres queridos que se encuentran bien. Facebook recibió varias críticas por no activar la función para otros lugares recientemente afectados....Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:18:00 +0100elcomercio-EC-ccd9a5005753ba1eb3b906e6e073b5ed20151116171800http://phys.org/news/2015-11-discovery-hidden-earthquake-early-warning.htmlTsunami warning/evacuation sign from the Chile coast. Credit: Dr. Stephen Hicks. Seismologists at the University of Liverpool studying the 2011 Chile earthquake have discovered a previously undetected earthquake which took place seconds after the initial rupture.Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:18:00 +0100phys-fa07a58d468c5dc246eecdc712423c2620151116171800