Facebook apologises for sending Lahore bomb 'safety check' to users around the world

Following the attack in Pakistan, Facebook users as far away as Hawaii, New York and the UK received notification from the site's disaster response feature

Facebook has apologised for pushing its safety check feature to users worldwide in the wake of the suicide bombing in Pakistan.

After the deadly attack in Lahore on Sunday, in which at least 69 people were killed and hundreds injured, Facebook users nowhere near the Pakistani city were mistakenly asked if they were safe.