Vancouver Police Using Facebook To Hunt Down Rioters

Following the recent riots in Vancouver police are using social network Facebook to hunt down and arrest rioters who caused millions of dollars in damage to the cities downtown area.

Minutes after the riots began a Facebook group was setup asking users to submit their pictures from the riots so Vancouver police could determine which rioters were causing damage and hunt them down. The page quickly gained more than 90,000 likes.

Police even managed to figure out exact locations for the pictures thanks to users who geo-tagged their photos.

While some sites have called the move a “slippery slop” that’s all just a bunch of rubbish, police in this case are not illegally accessing users Facebook accounts but are instead using the social network as a new method to gather evidence of crimes which are voluntarily provided to police by citizens.

You can visit the Vancouver Riot Pics page HERE.