Nigerians welcome Facebook's Safety Check feature after terror attacks

Social network users say the site's decision to extend 'marked safe' option to victims outside Paris is a 'sign of respect'

Nigerians have welcomed Facebook's move to switch on its Safety Check feature for people affected in the country's north-east after a string of suicide bombings by Islamist group Boko Haram.

"After the Paris attacks last week, we made the decision to use safety check for more tragic events like this going forward," founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a post on his Facebook page.