Report content

If you believe something on The Accounted infringes your copyright, violates someone's privacy or is otherwise illegal, tell us here. Researchers can upload their own documents and photographs and publish soldier profiles, maps and timelines, so not everything on the site comes from us. We review every report.

Before you report

A veteran who is still alive? Use "Report a living veteran" on the record itself, on the website or in the Dashboard. The records of that service number are hidden immediately, before anyone has looked at the report. You can also use this form.
A mistake in a record? The original records are kept by the U.S. National Archives and we don't change them. Email us at contact@theaccounted.com and we can add a note.
Something about your own account? Email us at contact@theaccounted.com.

Make a report

Filling in this form prepares an email to contact@theaccounted.com in your own email program, with everything we need. Nothing is sent until you send that email.

What is the problem? Where is it? The exact web address (URL), or several, one per line Why is it a problem? Explain what is wrong and why. For copyright: which work is yours, and how it is used here. Your name Your email address

Please give your name and email address, so we can handle the report and tell you what we decided.

I believe in good faith that the information in this report is accurate and complete.

What happens next

We confirm that we received your report, usually within a few working days.
A person reviews it carefully and objectively. We don't use automated systems to decide on reports; the only automatic step is that a living-veteran report hides the records of that service number at once.
If we remove or restrict content, or suspend an account, we tell the person concerned what we did and why, and we tell you what we decided.
Anyone who disagrees with a decision can reply to our email and ask us to look again. A different decision is always possible when there is new information. You can also go to court.

Please only report what you honestly believe is illegal or infringing. Reports we find to be made in bad faith, or made over and over without grounds, may be ignored. See section 8 of the Terms and Conditions for how we handle reports and moderation.