In today’s digital landscape, user-generated content (UGC) platforms face a multi-faceted challenge: fostering a vibrant community while protecting it from harmful, inauthentic, or unoriginal content. From blog comments and product reviews to social media posts and forum discussions, maintaining content integrity is crucial for brand reputation and user trust.

Copyleaks provides a comprehensive suite of tools to address these challenges, including real-time Text Moderation, precise AI Content Detection, and robust Plagiarism Detection.

Moderate User-Generated Content

User-generated content is the lifeblood of many platforms, but it also opens the door to significant risks. Harmful content—such as hate speech, harassment, and explicit material—can poison your community, drive away users, and damage your brand’s reputation. Manually reviewing every piece of content is often impossible at scale. This is where automated text moderation becomes essential for creating a safe and welcoming online environment.

Understanding the Challenge

User-generated content platforms across various industries face common moderation challenges.

Blogs & Publishing

Comment sections with hate speech, user-submitted articles with inappropriate content, and forums requiring real-time moderation.

Reviews & Ratings

Fake or spam reviews, personal attacks between users, and content that violates platform policies.

AdTech & Marketing

User-generated ad content with policy violations, harmful campaign descriptions, and community content needing compliance checks.

Social Media

High-volume content requiring instant, context-aware moderation decisions in real-time.

Why Choose Copyleaks Text Moderation

Our text moderation AI goes beyond simple keyword matching. It understands context, nuance, and intent, providing highly accurate detection of harmful content while minimizing false positives.

• Superior Accuracy: Exceptional detection rates with minimal false positives.
• Context Understanding: Words are evaluated based on their context, not just their presence.
• Precise Location Detection: Pinpoint exactly where in the text harmful content appears.
• Explanation-Driven: Get clear reasoning for each moderation decision.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Detect content across 10+ categories, including adult content, hate speech, harassment, self-harm, and more.

Implementation Benefits

Enhanced Safety & Trust

Maintain community standards with context-aware decisions, protecting users and your brand reputation while reducing legal and regulatory risks.

Operational Efficiency

Reduce manual moderation workload through precise automated flagging and scale your moderation efforts seamlessly as your platform grows.

Superior User Experience

Minimize false positives and provide clear explanations for moderation decisions, maintaining authentic user interactions while ensuring safety.

Integration Made Simple

Our Text Moderation API integrates seamlessly into existing content workflows.

1. Submit Content Send user-generated text through our API for analysis.

2. Receive Detailed Analysis Get character-level flagging information with explanations for each detected violation.

3. Take Informed Action Implement automated or manual review based on precise, explained results.

4. Monitor Performance Track moderation effectiveness and adjust thresholds based on clear metrics.

Detect AI-Generated Content

The rise of generative AI has introduced a new layer of complexity for UGC platforms. Inauthentic content, such as AI-generated fake reviews, spammy comments, or low-quality articles, can mislead users, manipulate ratings, and erode the trust you’ve built with your community.

The Copyleaks AI Detector helps you maintain authenticity by identifying text produced by models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and others, allowing you to flag and manage potentially deceptive submissions.

Submitting Content for AI Detection

To check for AI-generated content, send a POST request to the /v2/writer-detector/{scanId}/check endpoint.

Example AI Detection Request

{
  "text": "Lions are social animals, living in groups called prides, typically consisting of several females, their offspring, and a few males. Female lions are the primary hunters, working together to catch prey. Lions are known for their strength, teamwork, and complex social structures."
}

Understanding the Results

The API returns a summary indicating the likelihood of AI-generated content, along with a detailed breakdown of the text. This allows you to flag potentially inauthentic user submissions, such as AI-written reviews or comments.

For more details, follow the Detect AI-Generated Text guide.

Detect Plagiarism

For platforms that rely on original user submissions—such as publishing platforms, educational forums, or creative communities—plagiarism poses a significant threat. Submitting copied content can lead to copyright infringement issues, damage your platform’s credibility, and devalue the contributions of your authentic users.

The Copyleaks Plagiarism Checker empowers you to verify the originality of every submission, protecting your platform and upholding your content standards.

Submitting Content for Plagiarism Detection

To check for plagiarism, send a POST request to the /v3/scans/submit/file/{scanId} endpoint.

Example Plagiarism Detection Request

{
    "base64": "SGVsbG8gd29ybGQh",
    "filename": "file.txt",
    "properties": {
        "webhooks": {
          "status": "https://yoursite.com/webhook/{STATUS}/my-custom-id"
          },
        "sandbox": true
    }
}

Understanding the Results

The API will notify you via webhooks when the scan is complete. You can then export the results to see if any plagiarism was detected.

For more details, follow the Detect Plagiarism in Text guide.

💬 Support

Need help implementing content moderation for your platform? Our team understands the unique challenges of UGC platforms and can provide tailored guidance. Contact Copyleaks Support or engage with our developer community on StackOverflow using the copyleaks-api tag.

📈 Next Steps

Ready to implement effective content moderation for your platform?

Text Moderation Guide Step-by-step guide to integrating Copyleaks Text Moderation API into your platform.

Moderation Labels Detailed information about all supported content categories.

Detect AI Content Identify AI-generated content in user submissions.

Book a Demo Get personalized guidance on implementing content moderation.

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