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    Citizen App: An Emerging Ethical Dilemma

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    Citizen is a mobile app that provides real-time safety alerts to users about crimes and emergencies happening near them. It monitors police radio communications and filters alerts to send to users. Originally called Vigilante, it rebranded as Citizen and expanded to over 60 cities. While it aims to increase awareness, critics argue it can cause anxiety by broadcasting minor crimes and having unrealistic expectations of emergency response times. The app also raises privacy concerns through its extensive location tracking and video streaming features.

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    Citizen App: An Emerging Ethical Dilemma

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    Citizen is a mobile app that provides real-time safety alerts to users about crimes and emergencies happening near them. It monitors police radio communications and filters alerts to send to users. Originally called Vigilante, it rebranded as Citizen and expanded to over 60 cities. While it aims to increase awareness, critics argue it can cause anxiety by broadcasting minor crimes and having unrealistic expectations of emergency response times. The app also raises privacy concerns through its extensive location tracking and video streaming features.

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    Citizen is a mobile app that provides real-time safety alerts to users about crimes and emergencies happening near them. It monitors police radio communications and filters alerts to send to users. Originally called Vigilante, it rebranded as Citizen and expanded to over 60 cities. While it aims to increase awareness, critics argue it can cause anxiety by broadcasting minor crimes and having unrealistic expectations of emergency response times. The app also raises privacy concerns through its extensive location tracking and video streaming features.

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    Citizen App: An Emerging Ethical Dilemma

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    Citizen is a mobile app that provides real-time safety alerts to users about crimes and emergencies happening near them. It monitors police radio communications and filters alerts to send to users. Originally called Vigilante, it rebranded as Citizen and expanded to over 60 cities. While it aims to increase awareness, critics argue it can cause anxiety by broadcasting minor crimes and having unrealistic expectations of emergency response times. The app also raises privacy concerns through its extensive location tracking and video streaming features.

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    CITIZEN APP

    AN EMERGING ETHICAL DILEMMA


    ACTIVITY TIME
    OBJECTIVES:

    At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:


    Explain the history of citizen app
    Define the features and uses of citizen app
    Explain the advantages and disadvantages of citizen app
    WHAT IS CITIZEN APP?

    • An app that notifies users


    ongoing crimes or major
    events in a specific area.
    CITIZEN APP
    • Citizen is a mobile app that sends users
    location-based safety alerts in real time.
    • It allows users to read updates about ongoing
    reports, broadcast live video, and leave
    comments.
    • The app uses radio antennas installed in major
    cities to monitor 911 communications, with
    employees filtering the audio to generate alerts.
    THE APP IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR IOS
     AND ANDROID DEVICES IN OVER 60 CITIES,
    INCLUDING:

    •  New York City • Phoenix


    • San Francisco Bay Area • Cincinnati
    • Baltimore • Chicago
    • Los Angeles • Minneapolis
    • Philadelphia • Saint Paul
    • Detroit • Cleveland
    • Indianapolis
    FOUNDER: ANDREW
    FRAME
    • Developed by sp0n, Inc. and originally
    called Vigilante in 2016.
    • It was rebranded and launched in New
    York on March 8, 2017.
    • In June 2020, it was reported that the
    app had over five million active users.
    • In March 2020, Citizen added the 
    COVID-19 digital contact tracer
     SafePass.
    HISTORY
    Vigilante

    • The Vigilante app was released to New York City, in the App Store
     on October 26, 2016.
    • The app, which showed users where crime was occurring in real
    time, went viral. 
    Rebrand as Citizen

    o With New York City as its first test market, sp0n relaunched the app
    in March 2017 as Citizen for iOS and Android.
    o The app increased its safety messaging to discourage users from
    approaching or interfering with crime scenes.
    o Citizen only sent alerts deemed a threat to "public safety," omitting
    calls about suspicious people, suspicious bags, and drug incidents.
    • In 2018 and 2019, the app began receiving attention in the press, in
    particular after alerting a New York school principal of a nearby terrorist
    attack before the event reached the news.
    • In February 2020, Citizen reported having 225,000 local users in
    Philadelphia, continuing to increase the saturation of surveillance in
    larger cities and potentially specific neighborhoods.
    • In March 2021, Citizen added "activity notifications, private messaging,
    and the ability to add friends.
    • In January 2022, Citizen made its first acquisition, purchasing the disaster-
    prep app Harbor. Harbor's weather mapping and risk prediction will be
    incorporated into the Citizen app, but it will continue to operate
    independently.
    • In January 2023, Citizen announced it would "temporarily reduce coverage in
    the Seattle Metropolitan Area", and notifications did drop sharply. Video
    broadcasting was not affected.
    FEATURES
    1. Alerts and incidents
    The Citizen app is generating alerts sourced from fire, emergency medical services,
    and 911 calls, with Citizen employees using Citizen software to monitor publicly
    available information.
    2. User Content
    For users close to an incident, a record button appears on screen to allow live-
    streaming. Users are not paid for videos, nor are videos gamified with rankings or
    likes.
    3. On Air
    In April 2021, Citizen made their debut in On Air, a cable news-style livestream where
    a host will discuss ongoing events and conduct interviews on the scene of an event.
    4. SafePass
    In March 2020, Citizen introduced a digital contact tracing system, though
    launch was delayed for months while Frame awaited Apple's approval, due to
    concerns that combined use of GPS and Bluetooth may violate user privacy; a
    compromise was reached by launching the additional SafePass app. 

    5. Citizen Protect
    In August 2021, Citizen released the subscription security feature Protect.[
    PROS
    1. Traces COVID-19 cases
    2. Minor Crimes
    3. Awareness
    CONS
    1. Cause anxiety
    2. Expectation and Reality
    3. Creepy notifications
    THANK YOU!
    BY GROUP 5
    LEADER: DELA CRUZ, NOVY SHEEN
    SECRETARY: PALABRICA, ELTON JOHN
    MEMBERS: DUJEÑAS, IRA DOROTHY
    ALCANTARA, CHRISSALYN
    MOISES, LORENCE JOSH

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