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A site like this would also be an enormous legal headache with libelous claims and counter-claims flying around like gnats on a summer day. If you are building

by pwhelan 16y ago

A site like this would also be an enormous legal headache with libelous claims and counter-claims flying around like gnats on a summer day. If you are building it to sell to police, then I can see the value. However if this is just a community board, then you are going to have trouble I think. Do you have any idea how you would handle this?

utefan001 16y ago
One way is to make it clear that the site is not responsible for the user submitted content, and allow users to request to have a post removed. If posts are removed within 2 business days, that should be fair. Also, the site does not need to be owned or operated within the USA.
- utefan001 16y ago
  Another thought is to change the website name to MyNeighborMightBeADrugDealerMightNotBeButSometimesIWonder.org
- pwhelan 16y ago
  That is true but I am presuming you have some ties to Utah (being Ute fan and all) thus I presumed that you live in the US which doesn't remove the fact that you could still flirting with some big consequences. The other problem is that saying you aren't responsible for user submitted content doesn't mean you won't be targeted or be held liable in court.
  - utefan001 16y ago
    From Utah, but live in 20879 now. I appreciate your feedback. I could make the site similar to http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm (submit a zip to see what I mean). But break down reports by the US postal zip + 4. The user would see that a "plus 4" area has several reports in the last 2 months, but would not see report details, address, etc. A link would invite police or public officials to see the details of the reports. I won't bore you with the how to of verifying if someone is police or not. I think knowing that a certain zip + 4 area has a ton of reports is enough to inform people that the area has problems.

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A site like this would also be an enormous legal headache with libelous claims and counter-claims flying around like gnats on a summer day. If you are building

by pwhelan 16y ago

utefan001 16y ago
One way is to make it clear that the site is not responsible for the user submitted content, and allow users to request to have a post removed. If posts are removed within 2 business days, that should be fair. Also, the site does not need to be owned or operated within the USA.
- utefan001 16y ago
  Another thought is to change the website name to MyNeighborMightBeADrugDealerMightNotBeButSometimesIWonder.org
- pwhelan 16y ago
  That is true but I am presuming you have some ties to Utah (being Ute fan and all) thus I presumed that you live in the US which doesn't remove the fact that you could still flirting with some big consequences. The other problem is that saying you aren't responsible for user submitted content doesn't mean you won't be targeted or be held liable in court.
  - utefan001 16y ago
    From Utah, but live in 20879 now. I appreciate your feedback. I could make the site similar to http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm (submit a zip to see what I mean). But break down reports by the US postal zip + 4. The user would see that a "plus 4" area has several reports in the last 2 months, but would not see report details, address, etc. A link would invite police or public officials to see the details of the reports. I won't bore you with the how to of verifying if someone is police or not. I think knowing that a certain zip + 4 area has a ton of reports is enough to inform people that the area has problems.