2023-03-25
good @theintercept story on police encouraging homeowners' associations to acquire license plate readers: https://theintercept.com/... @FolaAk and I found similar coordination between HOAs, Flock and police in our 2021 investigation: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
The Intercept
An investigation finds US homeowners associations teaming up with police to install Flock Safety's license plate surveillance cameras, without telling residents
At a city council meeting in June 2021, Mayor Thomas Kilgore, of Lakeway, Texas, made an announcement that confused his community. LinkedIn: Gerry Kennedy . Tweets: @monsieurameric...
2021-01-15
i signed up for a free prime trial and when the trial was up i literally could not find a cancel button anywhere. only way i got out of it was having an expired credit card on file! https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Norway's consumer protection agency details how Amazon riddles the process of canceling Prime with “dark patterns,” calls on regulators to investigate
2020-06-21
Nextdoor quietly discontinued its Forward to Police feature this week. In an email sent to law enforcement partners, the company stressed that users can still send direct messages to officers on the platform. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Nextdoor discontinues a feature that let users forward posts directly to police departments, but retains other ways, like DMs, to contact police via its app
“Forward to Police,” one of several Nextdoor programs to strengthen law enforcement relations, has been criticized for elevating racial profiling.
2020-05-22
(scoop!) emails show nextdoor is following a familiar tech company playbook: leaning on local officials to help recruit more public agencies to its app. this has implications for police work, and shows blurred lines btwn public interest and private gain https://www.citylab.com/...
CityLab
Nextdoor is building close ties with local law enforcement and public officials in the US, worrying some civil rights advocates
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2020-02-25
meanwhile uber has tried to stop its drivers from putting external ads on the top of its cars https://www.adweek.com/...
Adweek
Uber plans to pay ~1,000 drivers to put ads on top of their vehicles in Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix by April 1, forming a unit called Uber OOH Powered by Adomni
Scott Nover / Adweek :
2020-02-13
NEW: nextdoor is launching an app for public agencies. it reflects a broader push on the part of tech companies to align themselves more closely with local institutions like the police https://www.citylab.com/...
CityLab
Nextdoor launches new app for public agencies like police, fire departments, and city halls, allowing them to post updates and push out geotargeted alerts
Sarah Holder / CityLab : Tweets: @sarahsholder , @nextdoor , @citylab , @sarahsholder , @citylab , @math_rachel , @rickpaulas , @derektmead , and @hypervisible Tweets: Sarah Holde...
streamlining the process of crime reporting down to a click can end up escalating minor complaints, says @math_rachel, citing @hypervisible: Sedona's police chief told me Nextdoor “reinvigorated” communities, encouraging them to contact/trust police https://www.citylab.com/...
CityLab
Nextdoor launches new app for public agencies like police, fire departments, and city halls, allowing them to post updates and push out geotargeted alerts
Sarah Holder / CityLab : Tweets: @sarahsholder , @nextdoor , @citylab , @sarahsholder , @citylab , @math_rachel , @rickpaulas , @derektmead , and @hypervisible Tweets: Sarah Holde...