{"id":1545,"date":"2021-05-19T05:52:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T03:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/19\/citizen-crime-app-falsely-accused-a-homeless-man-of-starting-a-wildfire\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T05:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T03:52:54","slug":"citizen-crime-app-falsely-accused-a-homeless-man-of-starting-a-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/19\/citizen-crime-app-falsely-accused-a-homeless-man-of-starting-a-wildfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen: crime app falsely accused a homeless man of starting a wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The app offered a $30,000 reward to track him down and shared a photo of the man, which was seen by more than 861,000 people<\/p>\n

The vigilante crime app Citizen falsely accused a California man of starting a wildfire, offering a $30,000 reward to track him down before retracting the post the <\/strong>next day, in a move that has been condemned by criminal justice experts.<\/p>\n

The app \u2013 which gives users local crime information via police scanners and other sources \u2013 shared an alert on Saturday about an alleged arsonist behind a large brush fire<\/a> that broke out in Los Angeles over the weekend. <\/p>\n

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\nThe app offered a $30,000 reward to track him down and shared a photo of the man, which was seen by more than 861,000 people
\nThe vigilante crime app Citizen falsely accused a California man of starting a wildfire, offering a $30,000 reward to track him down before retracting the post the next day, in a move that has been condemned by criminal justice experts.
\nThe app \u2013 which gives users local crime information via police scanners and other sources \u2013 shared an alert on Saturday about an alleged arsonist behind a large brush fire that broke out in Los Angeles over the weekend. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The app offered a $30,000 reward to track him down and shared a photo of the man, which was seen by more than 861,000 people The vigilante crime app Citizen falsely accused a California man of starting a wildfire, offering a $30,000 reward to track him down before retracting the post the next day, in …<\/p>\n

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