California: Citizen App Sparks Manhunt For The Wrong Suspect

Algorithmic bias meets our worst nightmare. The On Air feature of the Citizen crime alert app triggered a public manhunt for a man wrongfully accused to have started a wildfire in Los Angeles. A reward was offered for app users to find him. It turned out that the man was innocent.

https://www.foxla.com/news/citizen-app-sets-off-manhunt-for-man-falsely-accused-of-starting-palisades-fire