L a b citizen users received push alerts over the next few hours. The notifications urged them to hunt down an alleged suspect as a reward. There was a bounty that started at tanka and rose to thirty k to catch the subject. Now, bounties have always been put out there. It's why i get those famous most wanted posters. And so there's nothing wrong with putting a bounty. But because this became real time, and because of the vigilante name that this company originally had, it obviously triggers a lot more scrutiny. So, you know, places like the verge or vox are going to be on this story in a major way.
Jason breaks down the Citizen App's recent mistake of putting a $30,000 bounty on an incorrect arson suspect (01:39), assesses the merits of an "Uber for private security" (17:15), and covers Coinbase's launch of their self-titled "Fact Check" media arm (37:32).