When I began working on this article, I intended to focus on crime reporting apps. But I found it impossible to remove crime from the society it's part of. I decided to look at a broader scope which covered police surveillance, neighborhood watch, human rights abuses, child sex trafficking and how mobile phone apps can record and report these crimes.
Mother Jones did a report of 13 killings by police captured on camera, that included six fatal shootings captured by bystanders using mobile phones. As the article demonstrates, these apps can be more contentious than first appears. Here's some thoughts on things to consider when developing a social based app.
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