Robert Alai And A Big Chunk Of Kenyans Throw Major Shade At Facebook Founder And This Was His Reply

Mark Zuckerberg has been under ‘sieke’ following his decision to activate Facebook safety check feature for Paris attack.

Facebook decided to activate safety check feature to express solidarity with a grieving France in the wake of the terrorist attack that left 129 people dead and many more wounded in Paris last weekend.

The social networking website launched safety check feature with the intention to be used for people caught in natural disasters.

Facebook’s decision to activate safety check feature specifically after the Paris attack was what landed Mark Zuckerberg in trouble not only with Kenyans but the rest of the world, especially with non-whites.

Controversial blogger, Robert Alai, accused the Facebook CEO for being a racist.

Alai: This is racist. Kenyans died and you never created a flag. #STOPImperialism

Alai’s sentiments were echoed by majority of Facebook users who felt Zuckerberg’s action was racists or biased.

The 31-year-old billionaire has since replied to the criticism thrown at his face. Below is Zuckerberg’s statement:

“Many people have rightfully asked why we turned on Safety Check for Paris but not for bombings in Beirut and other places.

Until yesterday, our policy was only to activate Safety Check for natural disasters. We just changed this and now plan to activate Safety Check for more human disasters going forward as well.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out with questions and concerns about this. You are right that there are many other important conflicts in the world.

We care about all people equally, and we will work hard to help people suffering in as many of these situations as we can.”