OPINION

WhatsApp-wielding vigilantes want garbage off the streets

News, Bloomberg News, Published on 04/04/2016

» If you were a pile of garbage on the street in India, here's what might happen to you now: a concerned citizen takes your picture, then sends it by WhatsApp to the smartphone of the garbage police. Khaki-clad cops jump in their vehicles, rush over and order your cleanup. City officials fine the offender and maybe reward the whistle-blower, too.