Facebook wants to make it easier for its nearly 1 billion members to sign up to become organ donors. In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerbergannounced today the addition of a new tool on Facebook that will allow users to share their organ donor status with their friends.
Users can add that they are organ donors to their Facebook timeline, and share their story about when, where or why they decided to become donors. If a user is not already officially registered as an organ donor, the new feature gives them a link to the appropriate donor registry in their state.
The new tool lets Facebook users click a button on their timelines to indicate that they want to be organ donors in the event of their death. They can also post a status or video explaining why they made that decision.
Here’s how the tool works:
Users can go to their timeline, click on “Life Event,” select “Health and Wellness,” and add the new option “choose Organ Donor.” Then they can add where and when they registered and include a personal story, picture or video.
Zuckerberg told ABC News’ Robin Roberts that the initiative aims to bring the power of social media to a problem that continues to plague organ transplantation — too many people who need organs and not enough who donate.
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