I’m preparing a presentation on how to implement an automated moderation of content on social media. I wanted to talk a bit on how this is done by small forums and Fediverse instances came as an obvious focus of study for me. Is it all done by hand by human moderators, or are there any tools that can filter out the obvious violations of instance’s rules? I’m thinking mostly about images, are those filtered for nudity/violence?
Small forums and sites that have group discussions are completely moderated by humans. Members of the community report posts, and moderators and administrators take a look at it and make a decision.
It should be noted that forums are different than social media, since all discussions are groups discussions viewed by the group, the group tends to self-moderate by reporting offending posts.
It should be noted that different forums and groups of people have different community rules. What is allowed on one forum may not be allowed on another. Illegal content is illegal on all forums, however.