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Social Media Company Uses Monetary Rewards to Incentivize Riot Control from Within
This is all going to sound a bit cyberpunk dystopia, but there’s now a social media company that allows businesses—and potentially law enforcement services—to incentivize crowd control during riots.
Tiltor is designed to “break up riots from within,” by rewarding those who discourage violent behaviour from inside the crowd itself.
Businesses or police can hire Tiltor to send a message to all the smartphones in a designated area, offering a reward to anyone who attempts to disperse the crowd from within. If the riot ends soon after, everyone who signed up to Tiltor gets a share of the total reward money.
“With everyone in and around a rioting area now incentivized for it to end,” explains Tiltor’s website, “the riot is undermined from within and the tide turns in the authorities' favor.”
Rather than being a downloadable app, Tiltor is more like a social media go-between that strikes a deal with both rioters and the authorities. In app format, it would be too easy for people to spot Tiltor users in a crowd, meaning that anyone visibly using the app could face retribution.
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/tiltor-riot-control/
Tiltor is designed to “break up riots from within,” by rewarding those who discourage violent behaviour from inside the crowd itself.
Businesses or police can hire Tiltor to send a message to all the smartphones in a designated area, offering a reward to anyone who attempts to disperse the crowd from within. If the riot ends soon after, everyone who signed up to Tiltor gets a share of the total reward money.
“With everyone in and around a rioting area now incentivized for it to end,” explains Tiltor’s website, “the riot is undermined from within and the tide turns in the authorities' favor.”
Rather than being a downloadable app, Tiltor is more like a social media go-between that strikes a deal with both rioters and the authorities. In app format, it would be too easy for people to spot Tiltor users in a crowd, meaning that anyone visibly using the app could face retribution.
Good luck with that! 