Facebook Community Help crisis tool is no longer limited to individuals
Facebook has been evolving its Safety Check feature over the last year, adding complementary capabilities to go alongside it and building it into a crisis hub. Last February, Facebook introduced Community Help , a feature that allowed users to find and provide help during a crisis and in September, it launched Crisis Response , a one-stop spot where people could access Safety Check, Community Help and media, like articles and videos, related to an ongoing crisis. Now, Facebook has announced some changes to Community Help that will allow organizations and businesses to post in the forum rather than just individuals. "Enabling organizations and businesses to post in Community Help will give them a new way to reach communities impacted by crises," Facebook said in its announcement. "For example, they might post about helping people find everything from free transportation to supplies and connecting volunteers with organizations that need help." It pointed out tha...