How Tech Giants Helped After The Bastille Day Attack (And A French App Didn't)

Twitter and Facebook emerged as heroes after the attack in Nice. An alert app commissioned by the French government, not so much.

When terror attacks, natural disasters, or big accidents occur, people in the danger zone need information about what to do and where to go. Family and friends of those affected seek out information about the safety of loved ones. And the public needs some way to discern fact from rumor as emergencies unfold.

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