Use Case

Social Platforms & Communities

Moderate comments, posts, and messages at scale. Protect your community from hate speech, harassment, and spam.

The challenge

Social platforms and online communities face a tsunami of user-generated content. With 30-40% annual growth in UGC, manual moderation cannot keep up.

The DSA now legally requires platforms to moderate — and to prove they do. Communities that fail to act face fines of up to 6% of global revenue.

Real-time comment moderation

Moderate comments before they appear. Route to the best provider for your community's language.

Back-moderation of existing content

Submit up to 10,000 items in a single batch. Clean up months of existing content in minutes.

Automated enforcement

Hide hate speech automatically. Flag borderline cases for human review. Every action logged.

How it works for a forum

bash

// User submits a comment
POST /v1/moderations

{
  "input": "User's comment text...",
  "language": "fr",
  "context": {
    "channel": "general-discussion",
    "author": {
      "id": "user_456",
      "reputation": 0.92
    }
  }
}

// Response: flagged or not flagged
// If flagged -> hide automatically (rule)
// If borderline -> flag for review

Why social platforms choose OpenModeration

Multi-language support

Route English to OpenAI, French to Mistral, German to Azure. Each content item gets the best provider for its language.

Real-time performance

Sub-300ms typical latency. Fast enough for inline comment moderation without degrading user experience.

DSA-ready audit trail

Every moderation decision is logged with full details. Exportable for transparency reports and regulatory audits.

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