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Tech

Watch: New Documentary Tells Inside Story of Vigilante App Citizen

05.08.23

By Joseph Cox
News

Armed Fringe Groups Are Gearing Up to ‘Protect’ Midterm Ballot Dropboxes

10.06.22

By Tess Owen
Tech

Emails Reveal Citizen App’s Cozy Relationship with the LAPD

03.10.22

By Joseph Cox
Tech

LAPD Emails Reveal Fallout of Citizen’s Botched Manhunt

01.27.22

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Apple and Google Refuse to Say Whether Citizen Bounty Hunt Violated Policies

06.09.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Crime App Citizen is Driving a Security Car Around L.A. and Won’t Say Why

05.21.21

By Joseph Cox
Entertainment

The Controversial Rise of Vigilante Paedophile Hunters

04.19.18

By James Warrington
Soldiers of Odin Escalate from Street Patrols to Vigilante Investigations

09.18.17

By Mack Lamoureux
This Man Is Hell Bent On Publicly Outing ‘Snitches’

08.22.17

By Manisha Krishnan
Vigilantes Forced Teen to March Naked After Catching Car Break-in

07.13.17

By Mack Lamoureux
Tech

A Dark Web Hacker Is Hunting Potential Pedophiles to Extort Them for Money

11.12.15

By Joseph Cox
Tech

This Vigilante Hacker is Taking Down Racist Websites

10.28.15

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Life

Austrian Woman Found Guilty of Fatally Infecting Her Neighbor with COVID

The woman had tested positive for COVID-19 and told her doctor she “certainly won’t let herself be locked up.”

09.15.24

By Sammi Caramela
Life

Mega Mystery Over Huge Unclaimed Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot

After 6 months, a New Jersey lotto winner has yet to claim their $1.13 billion.

09.14.24

By Kyle Phillippi
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Tech

Scientists Awarded for Proving Animals Can Breathe Through Their Assholes

09.14.24

By Luis Prada