Why Content Moderation Matters
User-generated content is the heart of online communities, but with millions of posts, comments, and messages, keeping things safe and positive can feel overwhelming:- Protect Your Reputation: One harmful post can damage years of building trust with your audience
- Legal Protection: Platforms can face liability for hosting certain types of harmful content
- User Safety: Your community deserves protection from harassment, hate speech, and toxic behavior
- Scale Challenge: Manual moderation doesn’t work when you’re handling thousands of posts every day
- Consistency Issues: Human moderators might handle similar content differently, creating unfair experiences
- Cost Control: Hiring enough human moderators to handle large volumes gets expensive fast
Core Capabilities
Find Harmful Content Accurately
Our context-aware AI understands when language is actually harmful versus just colorful, reducing false positives that can frustrate human moderators.
See Where Issues Are
Pinpoint exactly which words or sentences triggered the flag, so you can review efficiently and take targeted action.
Choose Your Focus
Pick which types of content to monitor from 10 categories - toxic content, profanity, hate speech, harassment, violence, self-harm, drug usage, firearms, and more - based on your community’s needs.
Explain What's Wrong
Get clear explanations for why content was flagged, not just vague category labels. Make confident moderation decisions.
Features
We’re taking text understanding to a new level. Our moderation API doesn’t just scan for keywords - it actually comprehends meaning and context to make smarter decisions about what’s truly harmful.Context-Aware Detection
Unlike basic keyword filters, our AI understands when potentially sensitive language is being used appropriately versus when it’s meant to harm.- Reduces False Positives: Discussions about medical topics, news events, or educational content won’t get wrongly flagged
- Catches Subtle Harassment: Identifies harmful intent even when no explicit words are used
- Understands Nuance: Recognizes the difference between reporting violence and promoting it
- Protects Legitimate Content: Academic papers, news articles, and educational content stay safe
Varied Moderation Categories
Choose exactly what types of content you want to monitor. Our system identifies harmful content across 10 different categories:- Toxic Content: Harmful language that insults, demeans, or degrades to cause emotional harm
- Profanity: Explicit language, profanity, or vulgar expressions
- Hate Speech: Content promoting hatred, discrimination, or prejudice against groups
- Harassment: Bullying, intimidation, or targeted harassment content
- Self-Harm: Content promoting self-injury, suicide, or other forms of self-harm
- Adult Content: Sexually explicit or suggestive material inappropriate for minors
- Violence: Content depicting, promoting, or threatening violence or dangerous activities
- Drugs: Content related to illegal drug use, drug trafficking, or substance abuse
- Firearms: Content related to weapons, firearms, or other dangerous implements
- Cybersecurity: Potential security threats, malicious content, or cyber attack material
Use Cases
- User-Generated Content
- Publishers
Keep conversations healthy while preserving free expression. Perfect for comments sections, user posts, and direct messages to catch harassment and hate speech.Learn more
Works Better Together
Our text moderation works great with our other tools to give you complete content protection.AI Detector
Catch AI-generated fake reviews and comments alongside harmful content detection
Plagiarism Checker
Find copied content and spam posts to keep your platform authentic and safe
Next Steps
Ready to protect your platform with intelligent text moderation?Start Building
Follow our simple guide to add text moderation to your application
Try it
Test our moderation API with your content and see how it works
API Documentation
See all the technical details for our text moderation API
Content Categories
Learn about all 10 moderation categories and their specific labels
Frequently asked questions
Is this a content moderation API?
Yes. The Text Moderation API moderates user-generated text - comments, posts, reviews, and messages - flagging harmful content across 10 categories so you can keep your platform safe at scale.Which categories of harmful content does it detect?
Ten categories: toxic content, profanity, hate speech, harassment, self-harm, adult content, violence, drugs, firearms, and cybersecurity. See the moderation labels reference for the full definitions.How is it different from a keyword filter?
It is context-aware. Instead of matching keywords, it interprets meaning and intent, which reduces false positives on medical, news, and educational discussions while still catching subtle harassment that uses no explicit words.Does it tell me which part of the text was flagged?
Yes. The response pinpoints the specific words or sentences that triggered each flag, along with the category, so you can review and act efficiently.Which endpoint runs text moderation?
POST https://api.copyleaks.com/.../text-moderation/check. See the text moderation API reference for the full request and response.
Want to See it in Action?
Get a personalized demo and see how easy it is to add smart text moderation to your platform. We’ll show you context-aware detection and help you pick the right categories for your needs