I'm working on a web app that let's people build timelines. One thing I haven't quite figured out yet is how I'm going to deal with situations where users create timelines that contain sensitive or questionable content.<p>For example, my app makes it very easy to build biographical timelines. <i>Auto</i>biographies are fine, but what happens when a user creates a timeline for another person and posts private information such as date or birth, their location, etc? That also assumes that I can confirm that a timeline is autobiographical, which would be impossible in practice.<p>Other less clear examples:<p>- Disgruntled boyfriend creates an autobiography with details about a previous relationship. The ex-girlfriend learns about it, emails me and asks for me to remove it.<p>- Controversial timelines, such as history of Israel, Palestine, and absurd timelines: Jewish World Domination, etc.<p>This problem isn't unique to timelines. All of this could be done on a blog, for example; my app is just a different medium.<p>For sites like posterous and other apps that lets users generate content, how do you deal with situations like this?
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