Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Google launches YouTube Channel to help Japan quake victims and families communicate


Google has created a YouTube Person Finder Channel, similar to its already released Google Person Finder for the Japan Earthquake, AKA the Great Tohoku Earthquake.

The Google Person Finder allows users to search for information on people who are missing, and to provide it, as well. The YouTube Person Finder allows communication back-and-forth between people who are searching for each other.

Earlier, it was reported that at least one person, prior to this new Channel, learned of their family's survival via a YouTube video that showed one of her relatives waving a sign from a balcony saying the family was OK.

It is unclear if Google heard of that incident, and decided to add this Channel, or if the idea came to Google on its own.

You can watch one of the videos below.

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