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Nextdoor Removes App’s ‘Forward to Police’ Feature | The New York Times

Following complaints about racial profiling on its platform, the popular neighborhood social media app Nextdoor has discontinued a feature that had allowed users to forward their crime and safety posts from within the app to law enforcement agencies.

The action to eliminate the feature, Forward to Police, which was introduced in 2016, was announced last week amid complaints from some users that Nextdoor was not being responsive to their concerns that racial profiling and racist remarks were prevalent on the app. Founded in 2010, the app is used in 11 countries — including the U.S. — and reportedly has millions of users, though it declines to give a figure.

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Source: Nextdoor Removes App’s ‘Forward to Police’ Feature – The New York Times