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This is an absolute disaster. A startup where you give people scraps of allegations and sicing them to go perform acts of vigilantism in exchange for bounties h
by jchw 5y ago
This is an absolute disaster. A startup where you give people scraps of allegations and sicing them to go perform acts of vigilantism in exchange for bounties has to be one of the most reckless and idiotic things I have ever heard of. Even if this eventually results in a solved crime, how many other times will it result in innocent people getting piled on for no reason, potentially hurt or killed, or cases against actual criminals being muddied due to interference from vigilantes? There is already countless cases of failures like this from the Internet. Random people are just not qualified to do this kind of thing.
I vehemently oppose this. In fact, I am genuinely pissed off.
- challenger-derp 5y agoAgreed. if something bad and irreversible happens, who gets held responsible, the mob who participated in the hunt? the board of directors?
- ronsor 5y agoI'll take all of the above for a $5 million lawsuit.
- babelfish 5y agoThis. I’m surprised the incorrect suspect isn’t suing for libel/defamation.
- adrr 5y agoIt won’t launch once the lawyers realize they will be liable for damages. No way section 230 will shield them.
- curryst 5y agoI'm genuinely curious how they plan to handle that. Not a lawyer, but this can't possibly be legal, can it? It seems like negligent libel at the very least, and maybe reckless endangerment? I also can't imagine that the lawyers are unaware, so what's their angle?
- a-dub 5y agono worries. you just need to sign up for the vigilante error insurance app. if you're wrongly chased, a counter vigilante force shows up. if they murder you, they sue on your behalf and direct proceeds to the beneficiary of your choice. my bet is that if this thing takes off, crime will actually increase as it normalizes it.