Citizen app sparked a $30k manhunt for the wrong guy
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#2"“With Vigilante, vital information is unlocked and everyone can do their part,” the company said in 2016, leaving it up to the readers’ imagination what that “part” should be."
Wow... glad they pivoted, but still, that's a dangerous perspective to take imo.
Re: Citizen app sparked a $30k manhunt for the wrong guy
#3Who the hell thought this would be a good idea?
Re: Citizen app sparked a $30k manhunt for the wrong guy
#4Who the hell thought this would be a good idea?
The company has a retired NYPD commissioner on its board. Maybe people like that?
Like most "social" projects, this is about turning ordinary life into reality TV. In the second stage they make it more "interactive".
https://fnewsmagazine.com/2021/03/safety-or-surveillance-the...
Re: Citizen app sparked a $30k manhunt for the wrong guy
#5This and the neighborhood watch are just terrible for the society
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#6>“We’re a safety app. We want to keep people safe”
You’re a business. You want to turn a profit.
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#7Someone needs to sue these people into bankruptcy.
Re: Citizen app sparked a $30k manhunt for the wrong guy
#8Isn't Amazon's Ring exactly that, or do I misunderstand something?
Re: Citizen app sparked a $30k manhunt for the wrong guy
#9Someone needs to sue these people into bankruptcy.
Is it illegal to call someone an arson suspect?
I imagine that wrongly calling someone an arsonist would be libel/slander, but I wonder if things change when you include the word suspect.
Re: Citizen app sparked a $30k manhunt for the wrong guy
#10Someone needs to sue these people into bankruptcy.
Is it illegal to call someone an arson suspect ? I imagine that wrongly calling someone an arsonist would be libel/slander, but I wonder if things change when you include the word suspect .
I don't think stuff changes that much based just on what words were said. The outcome matters a lot.