Facebook came under fire for creating a Safety Check that allowed users to mark themselves and others as safe in the wake of the Paris tragedies. The same feature had been activated in the past for natural disasters, however this time the feature allowed for people to check themselves as safe in the Paris attacks but not in Beirut where there were also attacks on the previous day.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended this decison by stating that it was only after the Paris attack that the company made the decision to activate the feature “for more human disasters going forward as well.”

His response came following a comment on his change of profile picture to one with the colors of the French flag overlaid across his photograph, a new tool taht allowed users to show solidarity with the people of Paris. Zuckerberg said: “We care about all people equally, and we will work hard to help people suffering in as many of these situations as we can,” he wrote.