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Remember that time the Citizen crime alert app offered users cash to bring in an alleged wildfire arsonist, and it was the wrong guy?
Push alerts sent to LA residents via the Citizen app in 2021 offered a cash reward — that eventually reached $30,000 — with a picture of a man erroneously tabbed as an arson suspect. Hosts on Citizen’s livestream told viewers to “hunt this guy down.”
Vice has put together a two-hour documentary based on its reporting on the incident. You can see the trailer below and watch the entire documentary for free on Tubi.
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