FAQs: Moderation FAQs

Video APIs are great, but relatively simple, pieces of technology. They take a user's upload, encode it with H.264, store it somewhere like S3, and deliver it to viewers via HLS and a CDN. They do that for any video file they're given. They have nothing to do with the video's actual content. But what if that video contains nudity, graphic violence, or hate

Discover how AI image moderation filters work. Covers how they hash, classify, and OCR every image, then how per-category thresholds decide what to allow, flag, or block, and where the models still get it wrong.

Live video removes the one thing every other moderation system relies on - time to think before content ships. This article covers the architecture for real-time moderation - a fast, shallow path that beats your delivery window, and a slower, deeper path that corrects the call after the fact.