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> My prediction is someone will go all viligante and beat/maim/kill someone, probably who is innocent. Then the app will get pulled. I think it's more likely t
by Judgmentality 5y ago
> My prediction is someone will go all viligante and beat/maim/kill someone, probably who is innocent. Then the app will get pulled.
I think it's more likely the first time this happens the person is actually guilty, and there will be a huge debate as to whether or not it's a good thing.
- abfan1127 5y agoqueue the "if we save only 1 child, its worth it" theme music as well.
- skeeter2020 5y agoah yes, won't anyone think of the children?
- peteretep 5y agoAs much as ‘queue’ looks like it would make sense, the word is actually ‘cue’
- cratermoon 5y agoAnd then it will come out that the vigilante has a sketchy, checkered past, possibly including jail time.
- 14 5y agoJail time is not an indicator of a bad person. The US likes to lock up people for the crime of being poor.
- cratermoon 5y agoThat's correct. Notice, however, that I mentioned the actual crimes first, and added "jail time" as an afterthought. There are plenty of criminals who commit real crimes and don't get jail time, or even much punishment. See e.g. Brock Turner, Shane M. Piche, Zoe Reardon, George Zimmerman, Isaac Turnbaugh, etc.
- vanshg 5y agoBut what if they don't?
- hanniabu 5y agoThen they'll scramble to find anything they can to slander the person, such as a parking ticket
- lapetitejort 5y agoDon't forget about naughty pictures such as the subject holding mind-altering drugs such as coffee or alcohol.
- Paradigma11 5y agoAnd the huge debate will suddenly stop when an innocent person is killed and everybody will always have been dead set against it.
- CoolGuySteve 5y agoI thought the Rico app in Westworld season 3 was kind of silly but I guess not now that it has an upcoming release date.
- AlexandrB 5y agoHow do you determine if a dead person is guilty? AFAIK no prosecutor will indict a corpse.
- StavrosK 5y agoEveryone is guilty until proven innocent.
- heavyset_go 5y ago> I think it's more likely the first time this happens the person is actually guilty, and there will be a huge debate as to whether or not it's a good thing. No there won't. There have been serial killers who used common apps to find their victims, along with people who rob, assault, harass and stalk people they find on apps. People don't really care. Even the justice system doesn't care because the companies are able to argue that Section 230 means that they aren't liable for what users do with their products[1]. [1] https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/women/publications/perspectives/2021/december/winning-through-losing/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/women/publicati...
- byteshock 5y agoRight but there is a difference between people posting on a social media app and the app targeting someone itself. Citizen is encouraging others to find this person. So they would be held liable.
- heavyset_go 5y agoI'd imagine that they'd argue that they are not responsible for what users do in response to a bounty being posted on their interactive computer service, and courts would agree.