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“subscription law enforcement service” means “militia forces for hire” https://t.co/YMda1NcOGt
— Dr. Reading ? (@Hood_Biologist) May 21, 2021
can't wait for NextDoor and Citizen mercenaries to fight for Brooklyn's sovereignty https://t.co/gtsJqjuoej
— Emanuel Maiberg (@emanuelmaiberg) May 21, 2021
The Gulf Monarchies have apps like this they use against migrant workers and it's one of the most horrific systems on earth
— ICE must be destroyed ? (@Itmechr3) May 21, 2021
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed https://t.co/2fC93DFnEk
In one of the tests, Citizen dispatched a private security force to escort a Citizen employee to get coffee. Apparently the response times of this feature have improved https://t.co/hvvdkSxaCl pic.twitter.com/kMD6mdUgti
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
Just deleted Citizen. Living in LA, it was nice to have an app with explanations for any given overhead helicopter, but if this is the price then I ain’t buyin’. https://t.co/wew17kLZI3
— Chris Conroy (@ConroyForReal) May 21, 2021
Two sources confirmed the product is essentially on-demand private security through the app https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V pic.twitter.com/qGK7gJDYKE
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
Anyone even *remotely* familiar with how Citizen has been used historically should be absolutely horrified at the prospect of this vigilante nonsense. https://t.co/3b3kPh7Ax9
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick) May 21, 2021
Crystal clear that the name change from “Vigilante” was purely cosmetic and in no way indicates improved level of responsibility. https://t.co/SJRJ0Dhp1g
— file under “anti-surveillance” (@hypervisible) May 21, 2021
YIKES: "Citizen's original name, before it was removed from the Apple App Store, was Vigilante"
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) May 21, 2021
Story: @josephfcox https://t.co/5acZtY9dg6
SCOOP: Leaked emails show that Citizen app is testing an on-demand, real-life private security force that will respond to "incidents" as requested by app usershttps://t.co/UEnitAwugy
— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) May 21, 2021
Citizen's investors are Sequoia, Greycroft, RRE, Haystack, Kapor https://t.co/4RUfSfKyaa
— Tom Dotan (@cityofthetown) May 21, 2021
?♀️ raise your hand if you're been saying for years that on-demand private security is the logical conclusion of racist snitching apps like Citizen https://t.co/N0A2p0l6sU
— The PS1 startup sound, but as a person (@zenalbatross) May 21, 2021
Literally have “private security” casually driving around places like LA but I’m supposed to car that you don’t like being called a “name” ?? https://t.co/H02O5wU3XN
— Clarkisha Kent (@IWriteAllDay_) May 21, 2021
Included this second image of the Citizen-branded car in Los Angeles in the piece. Linked to Los Angeles Professional Security, a private contractor. Our leaked emails show Citizen working with them for on-demand private security https://t.co/hvvdkSxaCl pic.twitter.com/sYd3tRMVCE
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
Who could see this coming https://t.co/4ppRxDp39e
— Rebecca Fishbein (@bfishbfish) May 21, 2021
Spoke to multiple sources with knowledge of Citizen's effort to offer a private security force to app users.
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
"It's been something discussed for a while but I personally never expected it to make it this far." https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V pic.twitter.com/L9nmYYTrLb
No way this leads to anything bad! https://t.co/CyQ02KKjU9
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) May 21, 2021
Scoop: leaked emails, documents, sources show the crime app Citizen is testing an on-demand private security force. You request assistance through the app, a private security force comes to help in minutes. Drastic escalation of what Citizen offers https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
If only there were an alternative to private security forces that could be deployed at the request of citizens. https://t.co/jRY7S2Kcoc
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) May 21, 2021
Welp, this is some dystopian sci fi shit coming to life right in front of our eyes: https://t.co/gFRfZuzPCa
— Brian McCullough (@brianmcc) May 21, 2021
incredible that this nightmare product is called, of all things, "citizen" https://t.co/KKps03EqGs
— Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic) May 21, 2021
NEW: Leaked emails show crime app Citizen is testing an on-demand private security force that would be deployed at the request of users.
— Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (@lorenzofb) May 21, 2021
"The broad master plan was to create a privatized secondary emergency response network," said Citizen ex employee.https://t.co/siNXVJJjic
So, one of the sticking points with abolishing the constabulary is the bourgeoisie will hire their own https://t.co/lTN3mq30Dv
— Ayo Hirschman (@contextproblem) May 21, 2021
I reviewed internal Slack messages showing the CEO of Citizen personally offered to pay a reward for a homeless man falsely accused of starting the Palisades Fire in LA.
— Scott Morris (@OakMorr) May 21, 2021
Citizen hosted a livestream where its hosts encouraged users to "hunt down" the man. https://t.co/6SJVtGQHOB
How much of customer demand for private security forces as a service (or building a private, less-accountable layer on top of the emergency response system) is influenced by the ill effects of the housing crisis? https://t.co/HQLb8coc3M
— ᴅᴇʀᴇᴋ ᴍᴇᴀᴅ (@derektmead) May 21, 2021
Today’s dispatch from hell https://t.co/d9dLbFbIT1
— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) May 21, 2021
broke: swatting is a crime
— Etienne Poliwhirl ? (@SegaCD8) May 21, 2021
woke: swatting is an app https://t.co/rZZAK64EqC
One of the truly wild section of the emails: says Citizen has pitched its on-demand private security force as a solution to the LAPD. LAPD allegedly thought it could be a game changer. https://t.co/95gh6zUfUb pic.twitter.com/Ruj5YSKZL4
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
corporate para police from your fave neighborhood surveillance app https://t.co/2Db1KSm4ND
— erin taylor (@erinisaway) May 21, 2021
I can only imagine what many of these users would cite as "incidents" to a private security force, but either way we don't need a gig economy for law enforcement. https://t.co/Z4YtnhiRY4
— Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick) May 21, 2021
The tech industry responding to a dissolving society with more cop shit.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) May 21, 2021
Almost all "innovation" now is grounded in coercion, surveillance, automation, deskilling and a more atomized and inhumane culture. https://t.co/pbFsyYd4OE
couldn't count the number of times I've heard residents of the Upper East Side — the affluent neighborhood I cover — insist that crime is skyrocketing (it's not), based entirely on the alerts they get from this terrible, paranoia-inducing app.https://t.co/cocfvBJcgo
— Nick Garber (@nick_garber) May 21, 2021
How is this not a bigger deal??? https://t.co/vMRxqudoGz
— Nani ?? (@lenubienne) May 21, 2021
Citizen CEO Personally Put Up the Bounty for Man Falsely Accused of Starting a Wildfire https://t.co/CjDNf2x1q2 pic.twitter.com/IdxpJ85Zqz
— Earther (@EARTH3R) May 21, 2021
Citizen has been an app for receiving information and some user generated content. On-demand private security forces are a dramatic, in-person escalation of that. Emails show one of the companies involved is Securitas https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V pic.twitter.com/0FSIuafbUo
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
Major update: Citizen is testing an on-demand private security force, according to leaked emails, documents and sources. https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
In its statement, Citizen said it works with one of the private security companies to, perhaps, escort them late at night. But the emails show a different story: LAPD complaining about property crime, the on-demand private force could help against that https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
Of course the glaring context is that this company planning to offer an on-demand private security force is the same company that just put a $30,000 bounty on a random person's head. They hadn't done anything wrong. https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V pic.twitter.com/AqZSn82WZX
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
One of the Citizen sources who described the on-demand private security force product to me: "Honestly Citizen as an app simply doesn't need to exist" https://t.co/hvvdkSOM0V pic.twitter.com/8cRKhUzABc
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
OK I'm sorry guys I got the mail mixed up, THIS is today's dispatch from hell https://t.co/6Z58nbKPRW
— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) May 21, 2021
White people really trying to Postmate the damn policehttps://t.co/jRmbqaHOrZ
— Off sides like how Worf rides with Starfleet (@ChrisCubas) May 21, 2021
wasn't "uber but for vigilantes" the subplot for westworld season 3?https://t.co/dvxua8f28V
— Socialism Train (@socialismtrain) May 21, 2021
who could have guessed that the crowdsourced police scanner app called CITIZEN? would go this route https://t.co/6ned1j3nqK
— Samantha Cole is OOO (@samleecole) May 21, 2021
Here's what Citizen said about the vehicle: "There is one vehicle in LA (no other cities) and it's a pilot program for our employees." Wouldn't say what it's for (collecting info? verifying reports? etc)https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/qgERocjHHf
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
Citizen is the neighborhood watch, crime watching, vigilante app. Recently it offered $30,000 for info on a man it believed started a wildfire. Police arrested the man. But Citizen was wrong. Now Citizen is gaining a phyiscal presence in LA https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/8d4kUOWfEC
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
New: crime app Citizen is driving a security vehicle around LA and won't say why. Citizen confirmed to me it's part of a pilot program. The vehicle is linked to a private security company that describes itself as a "subscription law enforcement service" https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
NEW: Crime app Citizen is driving a car around Los Angeles that looks a lot like a police car.
— Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (@lorenzofb) May 21, 2021
The vehicle is linked to another company that describes itself as a "subscription law enforcement service."https://t.co/qo1fdy7H2A
Today in Dystopia https://t.co/q9l5NiERHc
— ? Brian Clevinger (@bclevinger) May 21, 2021
It appears the vehicle is connected to a private security company that describes itself as a "subscription law enforcement service." https://t.co/hsbDcnf2OQ
— Motherboard (@motherboard) May 21, 2021
Citizen's original name, before it was removed from the Apple App Store, was Vigilante https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/hLzatBl0Ik
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
Motherboard: Crime App Citizen is Driving a Security Car Around L.A. and Won’t Say Why https://t.co/VJ1fnKO6EO pic.twitter.com/4iQHeY7g0a
— FOIA // FEED (@FOIAFeed) May 21, 2021
The rear of the vehicle reads "Los Angeles Professional Security." That's a private security company in the city that offers patrols, K-9, video surveillance. They wear gear with LAPS on the back; may appear to be cops at a glance. https://t.co/Kywvt1hxB5 pic.twitter.com/yja9V6rSPF
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) May 21, 2021
many of us have been wondering for a while, what is Citizen's business model? how do they plan to monetize their app? well it seems like starting a "subscription law enforcement service" might be it https://t.co/RRyLGIXNKu
— Alison Macrina (@flexlibris) May 21, 2021
I really thought my cyberpunk dystopia would feature more chrome and neon https://t.co/O9R3BNNXK1
— Andrea Phillips (@andrhia) May 21, 2021
Today in digital Pinkertons: https://t.co/Wj2AjZvAFj
— Evan Simko-Bednarski (@simko_bednarski) May 21, 2021
Oh shit, check this out. Just stumbled on this totally unrelated to your tweeting... https://t.co/oiYf3B5L2Z
— Ryan??? (@geekryan) May 21, 2021
This is a libertarian billionaire’s dream: for-profit security forces, dispatched to scenes through an app.
— ClearingTheFog (@clearing_fog) May 22, 2021
If police were defunded, this is what would fill the vacuum.
Imagine use of force complaints being routed to a GE/Koch/Mercer/Thiel/ support line.https://t.co/VYkRkyuvFV
Citizen would deploy private security forces at the request of app users, according to documents and sources. https://t.co/VBKIEOR3nP
— Motherboard (@motherboard) May 22, 2021
This is so bad. A tech company – one all about fearmongering and racism for clicks – moving to create a private police force.https://t.co/WjeE3iPxUc
— maya (@mayavada) May 22, 2021
? GIVE ?NEXTDOOR ? PMCs https://t.co/1yyoU0sWTD
— Rob Zacny (@RobZacny) May 21, 2021
The vehicle is linked to a private security company which describes itself as a "subscription law enforcement service." https://t.co/1dadWQGR1s
— Motherboard (@motherboard) May 21, 2021
Literally have “private security” casually driving around places like LA but I’m supposed to car that you don’t like being called a “name” ?? https://t.co/H02O5wU3XN
— Clarkisha Kent (@IWriteAllDay_) May 21, 2021
The crime app Citizen is driving a security car around LA, but they won’t say what they’re doing. Per Vice News, “It appears the vehicle is connected to a private security company that describes itself as a ‘subscription law enforcement service.’”
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) May 21, 2021
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Citizen is very obsessed with LA for reasons i do not understand but am very concerned by https://t.co/zgpYPQOdgT
— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) May 21, 2021