Using Crowdsourcing To Identify Vancouver Rioters

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 16, 2011 @11:54AM from the hey-you-two-get-a-mask dept.

Fudge Factor 3000 writes "The Canucks' loss in the last game of the Stanley Cup Finals resulted in complete mayhem in downtown Vancouver. Everything from upturned cars set alight to looting was commonplace. Unfortunately, most of the perpetrators were able to maintain their anonymity by disappearing into the crowds. Fortunately, bystanders took several pictures and videos of the carnage. Now, websites (including both Facebook and Tumblr) have set up pages to use crowdsourcing to identify the hooligans."

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Using Crowdsourcing To Identify Vancouver Rioters

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