Mixpeek Logo
    Intermediate
    Entertainment
    11 min read

    Automated Content Moderation for UGC Platforms

    For platforms with 10K+ daily uploads. Automate harmful content detection. 99.2% accuracy, sub-second moderation decisions.

    Who It's For

    User-generated content platforms, social media apps, and streaming services requiring scalable content moderation to maintain community standards

    Problem Solved

    Manual moderation cannot scale to millions of uploads. Harmful content stays live for hours, damaging brand reputation and violating regulations

    Why Mixpeek

    99.2% accuracy with 0.1% false positive rate, sub-second moderation decisions, and customizable policies matching your community guidelines

    Overview

    Content moderation is critical for platform safety and regulatory compliance. This use case shows how Mixpeek enables automated moderation that scales with content volume while maintaining accuracy.

    Challenges This Solves

    Scale Impossibility

    10K+ uploads per day, each requiring moderation

    Impact: Hiring enough human moderators is cost-prohibitive

    Response Latency

    Harmful content stays live during review queue

    Impact: Brand damage, user harm, regulatory fines

    Moderator Wellness

    Human exposure to harmful content causes trauma

    Impact: High turnover, mental health costs, lawsuits

    Policy Complexity

    Nuanced guidelines with cultural context requirements

    Impact: Inconsistent enforcement, user complaints

    Implementation Steps

    Mixpeek analyzes uploaded videos, images, and audio in real-time to detect policy violations including violence, nudity, hate speech, and dangerous content

    1

    Configure Moderation Policies

    Define content policies and violation thresholds

    import { Mixpeek } from 'mixpeek';
    const client = new Mixpeek({ apiKey: process.env.MIXPEEK_API_KEY });
    // Define moderation policies
    const policies = await client.moderation.createPolicy({
    policy_id: 'community-guidelines-v2',
    rules: [
    {
    category: 'violence',
    action: 'block',
    threshold: 0.85,
    exceptions: ['news', 'documentary', 'educational']
    },
    {
    category: 'nudity',
    action: 'block',
    threshold: 0.90,
    exceptions: ['art', 'educational', 'medical']
    },
    {
    category: 'hate_speech',
    action: 'block',
    threshold: 0.80,
    review_required: true
    },
    {
    category: 'self_harm',
    action: 'block_and_alert',
    threshold: 0.70,
    alert_team: 'trust_safety'
    }
    ],
    age_gating: {
    suggestive: 18,
    alcohol: 21,
    gambling: 21
    }
    });
    2

    Process Uploads in Real-Time

    Moderate content before it goes live

    // Real-time moderation on upload
    async function moderateUpload(uploadId: string, contentUrl: string, contentType: 'video' | 'image') {
    const moderation = await client.moderation.analyze({
    url: contentUrl,
    content_type: contentType,
    policy_id: 'community-guidelines-v2',
    extractors: [
    'violence-detection',
    'nudity-detection',
    'hate-speech-detection',
    'self-harm-detection',
    'audio-analysis' // For video audio tracks
    ]
    });
    return {
    upload_id: uploadId,
    decision: moderation.action, // 'approve', 'block', 'review'
    violations: moderation.violations,
    confidence: moderation.confidence,
    processing_time_ms: moderation.latency,
    review_required: moderation.review_required
    };
    }
    3

    Handle Edge Cases

    Route uncertain content to human review

    // Escalation workflow for edge cases
    async function handleModerationResult(result: ModerationResult) {
    switch (result.decision) {
    case 'approve':
    await publishContent(result.upload_id);
    break;
    case 'block':
    await notifyUploader(result.upload_id, result.violations);
    await logViolation(result);
    break;
    case 'review':
    // Queue for human review with AI context
    await queueForReview({
    upload_id: result.upload_id,
    ai_analysis: result.violations,
    confidence: result.confidence,
    priority: calculatePriority(result),
    suggested_action: result.suggested_action
    });
    break;
    }
    // Special handling for self-harm content
    if (result.violations.some(v => v.category === 'self_harm')) {
    await alertTrustSafety(result);
    }
    }
    4

    Monitor and Improve

    Track accuracy and refine policies

    // Continuous accuracy monitoring
    async function getModerationMetrics(dateRange: { start: string; end: string }) {
    const metrics = await client.moderation.getMetrics({
    policy_id: 'community-guidelines-v2',
    date_range: dateRange
    });
    return {
    total_processed: metrics.total,
    auto_approved: metrics.approved_count,
    auto_blocked: metrics.blocked_count,
    sent_to_review: metrics.review_count,
    // Accuracy metrics (requires human review sampling)
    true_positive_rate: metrics.tpr,
    false_positive_rate: metrics.fpr,
    // Latency
    avg_processing_ms: metrics.avg_latency,
    p99_processing_ms: metrics.p99_latency,
    // By category
    violations_by_category: metrics.category_breakdown
    };
    }

    Feature Extractors Used

    Retriever Stages Used

    Expected Outcomes

    99.2% accuracy for clear policy violations

    Detection Accuracy

    0.1% false positive rate (vs 5%+ industry average)

    False Positive Rate

    Sub-second decisions for 95% of content

    Moderation Latency

    90% reduction in content requiring human review

    Human Review Reduction

    From hours to seconds for harmful content

    Time to Removal

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Ready to Implement This Use Case?

    Our team can help you get started with Automated Content Moderation for UGC Platforms in your organization.