Creating an Uncensored Content Moderator

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Develop your own AI content moderation system with fully customizable rules and no predefined restrictions. Perfect for platforms needing specialized content policies.

Uncensored Content Moderator

A comprehensive guide to building your own AI content moderation system with fully customizable rules instead of predetermined restrictions.

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Building an Uncensored Content Moderator

This tutorial guides you through creating a fully customizable AI content moderation system. Unlike commercial solutions with predetermined restrictions, your system will allow complete control over moderation policies, enabling you to implement exactly the rules your platform needs.

Why Build a Content Moderator?

Commercial content moderation APIs impose their own values and standards on your platform. By building your own system, you gain complete control over content policies, allowing for specialized communities with their own standards while still maintaining protection against truly harmful content.

Prerequisites

Before starting this project, ensure you have the following:

Hardware

NVIDIA GPU with 8GB+ VRAM (recommended), 16GB system RAM

Software

Windows 10/11, Python 3.9+, Docker (optional)

Policy Requirements

Clear understanding of your desired content moderation rules

Target Use Case

A platform or community needing custom content moderation

Step 1: Setting Up Your Environment

1.1 Install Required Software

First, let's install the necessary dependencies:

Install Python and Git:

Install Docker (Optional):

✅ Milestone Test:

Verify installations in Command Prompt:

python --version git --version docker --version

1.2 Clone the Repository

Clone the Content Moderator repository:

git clone https://github.com/privatai/content-moderator.git cd content-moderator

✅ Milestone Test:

Ensure the repository is cloned successfully.

1.3 Set Up Python Environment

Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:

python -m venv venv venv\Scripts\activate pip install -r requirements.txt

✅ Milestone Test:

Ensure all packages are installed without errors.

Step 2: Designing Your Moderation Policy

2.1 Define Your Content Categories

Create a policy.json file to define content categories:

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "name": "adult_content",
      "description": "Content containing explicit adult material",
      "action": "flag",
      "threshold": 0.85
    },
    {
      "name": "harassment",
      "description": "Content containing personal attacks or bullying",
      "action": "reject",
      "threshold": 0.75
    },
    {
      "name": "hate_speech",
      "description": "Content targeting specific protected groups",
      "action": "reject",
      "threshold": 0.80
    },
    {
      "name": "violence",
      "description": "Content depicting or promoting violence",
      "action": "flag",
      "threshold": 0.85
    },
    {
      "name": "self_harm",
      "description": "Content related to self-harm or suicide",
      "action": "escalate",
      "threshold": 0.70
    }
  ]
}

Customize this template based on your requirements:

  • name: Category identifier
  • description: Detailed explanation of the category
  • action: What to do when content matches (flag, reject, escalate)
  • threshold: Confidence level required (0.0-1.0)

2.2 Configure System Behavior

Edit the config.json file to set system-wide behavior:

{
  "system": {
    "log_all_content": true,
    "human_review_queue": true,
    "auto_update_models": false
  },
  "model": {
    "name": "roberta-base-openai-detector",
    "device": "cuda",
    "batch_size": 16
  },
  "api": {
    "port": 5000,
    "rate_limit": 100,
    "require_auth": true
  }
}

Key configuration options:

  • log_all_content: Whether to keep records of all processed content
  • human_review_queue: Enable queue for uncertain classifications
  • auto_update_models: Automatically update AI models
  • device: Use "cuda" for GPU or "cpu" for CPU-only mode

✅ Milestone Test:

Verify that both policy.json and config.json are properly formatted JSON files.

Step 3: Setting Up the AI Classifier

3.1 Download the Base Model

Use the download script to get the appropriate model:

python download_models.py

This script will download a pre-trained model that can be fine-tuned for your specific moderation needs.

✅ Milestone Test:

Check the models directory to ensure the models were downloaded.

3.2 Prepare Training Data (Optional)

For better performance, create a dataset with examples specific to your needs:

Create a training dataset:

[
  {
    "text": "Example text that should be flagged in your adult_content category",
    "labels": ["adult_content"]
  },
  {
    "text": "Example text that should be flagged as harassment",
    "labels": ["harassment"]
  },
  {
    "text": "Example text that contains hate speech and violence",
    "labels": ["hate_speech", "violence"]
  },
  {
    "text": "Example text that is completely acceptable",
    "labels": []
  }
]

Save this as training_data.json in the data directory.

✅ Milestone Test:

Ensure your training data includes at least 10-20 examples per category for basic fine-tuning.

3.3 Fine-tune the Classifier (Optional)

Fine-tune the model on your custom dataset:

python finetune.py --data data/training_data.json --epochs 3 --batch_size 8

This process adapts the base model to your specific content categories and policy needs.

✅ Milestone Test:

Check that training completes successfully and a new model is saved to the models directory.

Step 4: Running the Content Moderator

4.1 Start the Moderation Server

Launch the moderation server:

python run_server.py

This starts the server on localhost, port 5000 (or as configured in config.json).

✅ Milestone Test:

Open your browser to http://localhost:5000 and verify you see the API documentation.

4.2 Test Content Moderation

Use the test client to validate your moderation system:

python test_client.py --text "Sample text to test moderation"

For batch testing with a file:

python test_client.py --file test_samples.txt

✅ Milestone Test:

Test with various text samples to ensure classification works as expected.

4.3 Analyze Moderation Results

How to interpret moderation results:

{
  "text": "Sample text that was analyzed",
  "categories": {
    "adult_content": {
      "score": 0.12,
      "action": "pass"
    },
    "harassment": {
      "score": 0.82,
      "action": "reject"
    },
    "hate_speech": {
      "score": 0.05,
      "action": "pass"
    },
    "violence": {
      "score": 0.22,
      "action": "pass"
    },
    "self_harm": {
      "score": 0.03,
      "action": "pass"
    }
  },
  "final_action": "reject",
  "reason": "Content violates policy: harassment"
}

Key elements in results:

  • score: Confidence level for each category (0.0-1.0)
  • action: Action for each category based on threshold
  • final_action: Overall decision (most restrictive wins)
  • reason: Explanation for the decision

Step 5: Integrating With Your Platform

5.1 API Integration

Integrate with your platform using the REST API:

Example API request:

curl -X POST "http://localhost:5000/api/moderate" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key" \
  -d '{"text": "Content to be moderated"}'

Python integration example:

import requests
import json

api_url = "http://localhost:5000/api/moderate"
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer your_api_key"
}

data = {
    "text": "Content to be moderated"
}

response = requests.post(api_url, headers=headers, json=data)
result = response.json()

if result["final_action"] == "pass":
    # Content is allowed
    print("Content approved")
else:
    # Content is flagged or rejected
    print(f"Content {result['final_action']}: {result['reason']}")

5.2 Human Review Interface

Set up the human review dashboard:

python run_dashboard.py

This launches a web interface at http://localhost:8080 for human reviewers to handle:

  • Content that was flagged for review
  • Edge cases with uncertain classification
  • User appeals of moderation decisions

✅ Milestone Test:

Access the dashboard and verify you can see the review queue.

5.3 Running in Production

For production deployment, use Docker:

docker build -t content-moderator . docker run -p 5000:5000 -p 8080:8080 content-moderator

Security considerations:

  • Use strong API keys for authentication
  • Limit API access to trusted IPs
  • Implement rate limiting to prevent abuse
  • Regularly back up moderation logs and decisions

Conclusion

Congratulations! You've successfully built a customizable AI content moderation system that gives you complete control over content policies. Unlike commercial solutions, your system allows you to define exactly what content should be moderated based on your community's unique needs.

This solution is perfect for specialized platforms, research communities, or any situation where one-size-fits-all content moderation is too restrictive. By hosting your own moderation system, you maintain control over your platform's content standards.

Happy moderating! 🚀