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Public safety app Citizen quietly redeploys controversial feature critics say encourages vigilantism, racism & paranoia
Crime-alert app Citizen has tiptoed back toward enabling what critics say would be citizen Stasi and vigilantes, quietly reactivating a controversial feature allowing its users to “report incidents right when they happen.” Citizen, an app that sends users real-time reports of crimes in their vicinity based on a curated selection of 911 calls, has reactivated a feature that allows users to report crimes themselves, updating its website on Monday – with zero public fanfare – to add a section describing the “new feature” being tested. User-powered crime reporting has been rife with racism, panic, and concerns users might brin

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