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Notes on content moderation, AI safety, DSA compliance and building moderation infrastructure.

· 12 min read · guide

TikTok Comment Moderation: Filters, Rules and Tips

How to moderate TikTok comments: comment filters, filtered keywords, manual approval, LIVE moderators, their limits for brands, and a crisis playbook.

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· 13 min read · guide

Social Media Moderation: The Complete Guide (2026)

How to moderate social media: methods, rules, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn and X specifics, team setup, crises, metrics and tools.

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· 12 min read · guide

YouTube Comment Moderation: Studio Tools and Limits

How to moderate YouTube comments: held for review, blocked words and links, approved and hidden users, moderators, live chat, and when to automate.

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· 13 min read · guide

How to Handle Negative Comments and Trolls (2026 Guide)

How to handle negative comments and trolls: criticism vs abuse, when to respond, hide, delete or ban, reply templates, raids, crises and team wellbeing.

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· 12 min read · guide

What Is Content Moderation? Definition and Types

What content moderation means: what gets moderated, the 6 types, the content moderator job, how AI moderation works, the DSA, and how to choose an approach.

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· 12 min read · guidecommentsDSA

Comment Moderation: The Complete Guide

How to moderate comments: the methods compared, what your rules should cover, grey areas, the DSA, choosing a tool and 10 best practices.

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· 8 min read · facebookguide

How to Hide Facebook Comments Automatically

Hide vs delete vs ban, Facebook's built-in filters and their limits, and how to choose a Facebook comment moderation tool.

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· 8 min read · instagramguide

Instagram Comment Moderation: Automoderation Guide

Hidden Words, Limits and Restrict, what they miss, what you need to connect a tool and how to set up automoderation.

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· 6 min read · openaiAPIguide

OpenAI Moderation API: omni-moderation-latest, Categories, Pricing and Limits

What the OpenAI Moderation API detects, the 13 categories, the response format, whether it is free, and what it leaves for you to build.

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· 8 min read · DSAcomplianceguide

DSA Compliance for Small and Medium Platforms: A Practical Guide

A practical guide to EU Digital Services Act compliance for smaller platforms: automated moderation, audit trails and actionable steps.

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· 9 min read · comparisonbuild-vs-buy

The cost of building content moderation in-house: a 2026 breakdown

Line-by-line costs of an in-house moderation system over three years: engineering, maintenance, AI models, infrastructure and DSA compliance.

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· 7 min read · perspectivemigrationguide

Google Perspective API Sunset: Migration Guide for Forums

Google's Perspective API is sunsetting in late 2026. How to migrate your forum or community before the deadline.

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· 8 min read · comparisonproviders

OpenAI Moderation vs Azure vs Llama Guard: A 2026 Comparison

A fair comparison of the main AI moderation providers: performance, pricing, language coverage and when to use each one.

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· 6 min read · DSAcompliancetransparency

DSA Compliance Made Simple for Comment Moderation

How to meet EU Digital Services Act requirements for comment moderation: written reasons, full audit trail, transparency reporting and EU hosting.

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· 10 min read · AILLMguide

Content Moderation for AI Applications: A Developer's Guide

How to implement input and output filtering for LLM-powered applications. Best practices for prompt injection prevention and content safety.

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· 5 min read · announcement

Introducing OpenModeration: The Unified Moderation Platform

We're building a moderation platform: our own AI, cross-checked by other models, with a written reason for every decision.

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