Geolocating Bribery

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by zoowar • 15 years ago

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younata• 15 years ago

This is seriously awesome. It'll allow us to have hard data on where corruption is most concentrated. Maybe, we'll be able to focus on fixing those areas, to make the world a better place.

veb• 15 years ago

I'm not sure how it can be moderated. If I say you have to pay X to some military police man in the middle east when travelling east, but it turns out the guy isn't corrupt... ouch?

flashgordon• 15 years ago

I am probably not saying it correctly, but does it need to be moderated? I know two wrongs dont make a right, but in a world of constant unadulterated government sponsored shafting of the little guy wouldnt it be good for a change to make government "prove" its innocence (or act on it if the allegation was genuine)? Again I am making a general statement about corruption being associated more with the government.

jcoder• 15 years ago

I don't know about "hard data." Only one of the pins that I clicked seemed legit ("I drove one-way street with scooter. Fines would have been about 30 euros"). The others were either full of ipsum text, simply said "test," or seemed like jokes ("Was smuggling an elephant out of Libya").

sadlyNess• 15 years ago

Hard data: No way. (i'm kenyan)

rezahazri• 15 years ago

Is it available on the app store? Cant seem to find it.By the way this location based app has potential just need to find a way on how to forward the report to designated agency for each country or at least make it available with transparency.org.

kmfrk• 15 years ago

Third paragraph:

> In something of a reversal, the app is available only for Android at present. The iPhone version is being written currently. Users can also use the website to report corruption.

wyclif• 15 years ago

The Philippines isn't even pinned on the map. That seems wrong.

drdaeman• 15 years ago

Same concept, but Russia-specific: http://roskomvzyatka.com/

Seem to be more populated with data.

Geolocating Bribery

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