29960 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 https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-activates-safety-check-in-charlotte/By searching "Charlotte protest," users can see which of their friends have checked in as safe on Facebook. CNET / Screenshot by Laura Hautala. Are your friends and family in Charlotte, North Carolina okay? Now you can check on Facebook to find out. The social media company activated its "safety....Thu, 22 Sep 2016 23:42:00 +0200news-yahoo-b4a783969eae614a246abb386cac51ca20160922234200https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-activates-safety-check-in-charlotte/By searching "Charlotte protest," users can see which of their friends have checked in as safe on Facebook. CNET / Screenshot by Laura Hautala. Are your friends and family in Charlotte, North Carolina okay? Now you can check on Facebook to find out. The social media company activated its "safety....Thu, 22 Sep 2016 23:31:00 +0200news-yahoo-in-b4a783969eae614a246abb386cac51ca20160922233100https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-activates-safety-check-in-charlotte/#ftag=CAD590a51eBy searching "Charlotte protest," users can see which of their friends have checked in as safe on Facebook. CNET / Screenshot by Laura Hautala. Are your friends and family in Charlotte, North Carolina okay? Now you can check on Facebook to find out. The social media company activated its "safety....Thu, 22 Sep 2016 22:11:00 +0200cnet-b4a783969eae614a246abb386cac51ca20160922221100http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2021658/more-hong-kong-residents-suffer-mishaps-abroad-rescue-teamHong Kong’s immigration authority is looking to expand its team that helps locals who suffer accidents or emergencies outside the city, as the number of calls for assistance rises. In the first eight months this year, there were 1,921 requests from residents outside Hong Kong that needed prompt assistance, a 10 per cent increase on a year ago.Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:26:00 +0200scmp-206f753950598aa7cf22e1c6c4193f0d20160922182600