CHAT CONTENT MODERATION

AI Content Moderation API for Safer Conversations

Add chat content moderation APIs to check text, images, audio, and video. Apply your community policies and give human reviewers context for uncertain cases.

AI TEXT MODERATION

Detect Harmful Content in Chat Messages

Use a content moderation API to identify harmful messages in chat. Combine model results with your own word lists, and catch prohibited promotions split across multiple messages with contextual merge detection.

MULTIMODAL CONTENT MODERATION

Check More Than the Words in a Chat.

Connect your content moderation API to the supported media types your community shares. Check images for inappropriate content and inspect video frames and audio, so switching formats does not leave a gap in your moderation workflow.

CUSTOM POLICIES & ACTIONS

Set the Rules. Choose the Response.

Configure content moderation API checks around your community policies. Allow acceptable content, block violations or route uncertain cases for review. Connect results to group muting and member controls when your policy calls for further action.

AI + HUMAN REVIEW

Give Moderators the Context to Decide.

Connect content moderation API results to your human review workflow. Use console filters to investigate content, then bring results and user reports into your review queue. Record decisions and appeals to help your team refine its policy.

MADE FOR YOUR USERS

Use Cases for content moderation API

Different conversations need different rules. Match detection and response to the risks your users face.

Communities

Keep Spam Out of the Conversation.

Check for abusive replies and promotional spam in group discussions. Combine AI results, custom word lists and member reports to help moderators keep conversations on topic.

RELATED CUSTOMER STORY

Content Review in WeSing’s Community

Tencent Cloud’s customer example describes WeSing using its TianYu monitoring system to identify content issues and support review across a karaoke community.

Related content-safety case: this is a live-content monitoring deployment. It provides moderation context beyond the Chat message workflow.

Read the WeSing story

CHOOSE WITH CONFIDENCE

Plan your content moderation API integration

See how messaging fits your product and what your application connects.

Capabilities and implementation requirements
Your requirementHow it is deliveredWhat to plan for
AI text, image, audio and video checksCloud moderation with content categories and review recommendations.Text and image checks return synchronously; audio and video results arrive asynchronously.
Messages that try to evade filtersContextual merge detection for text in direct and group chat.Enable the setting for the relevant scenario; test split-message examples from your community.
Policies for different audiencesRisk categories, sensitivity settings, custom word libraries and scenario configurations.Configure policies separately for messages, profiles and custom content.
Risk-based interventionPass, Review or Block recommendations; text/image risk scores; configurable interception and Chat member controls.Your application connects review outcomes to escalation rules, warnings and account actions.
Moderator review and reportingConsole filtering plus webhooks carrying message references and violation labels.Connect reports, appeals and decision history to your tools; measure false positives and review turnaround.
Availability and rolloutEnable Chat Content Understanding and select your moderation configuration.Access currently requires allowlisting. The on-demand API currently supports Singapore-hosted apps; confirm model language coverage before launch.

THREE STEPS TO YOUR FIRST CONVERSATION

Integrate content moderation API

Configure your content moderation API policy, connect the content checks, then test what users and moderators see.

  1. 01

    Configure your moderation policy

    Enable Content Understanding, choose the content types to check and set policies for direct chat, groups and profiles. Add custom words and contextual merge detection where needed.

    Configure moderation policies
  2. 02

    Connect your content checks

    Use automatic chat checks or submit content from your backend with the content moderation API. Associate each result with its message and handle asynchronous media results.

    Explore the moderation API
  3. 03

    Connect review and response

    Receive moderation webhooks, route uncertain cases to reviewers and apply your chosen response. Test acceptable, borderline and violating content before launch.

    Connect moderation results

BUDGET BEFORE YOU BUILD

Content moderation API Costs & Free Quota

Budget for your content moderation API integration. Plan for messaging users and the content you check. Chat plan allowances and moderation service charges are separate.

CHAT FREE PLAN

Free$0 · 1,000 MAU / month

Start with the free Chat plan. Monthly usage renews automatically; review feature limits and upgrade requirements as your audience grows.

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CHAT STANDARD

$399 USD / month · 10,000 MAU

For core messaging and group chat. Compare plans for advanced features such as read receipts, translation and community capabilities.

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YOUR APPLICATION

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Estimate text and image checks, audio and video processing, plus reviewer workload. Confirm moderation pricing and access alongside your Chat plan; Chat free quota does not imply free AI moderation.

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SEE THE PRODUCT IN ACTION

Keep Safety Within the Conversation

TRY THE INTERACTION

Experience It from Both Sides.

Explore the messaging interface in the official Chat demo. For AI moderation, connect Content Understanding to your app and test content checks, sender feedback and human review with your own policy examples.

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YOUR QUESTIONS, ANSWERED

Content moderation API FAQs

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What does a content moderation API do for chat?

AI content moderation analyzes messages and media for risks such as abuse, sexual content and unwanted advertising. Tencent RTC connects these checks with content labels and moderation recommendations. Combine model-based detection with custom word lists and contextual merge detection to identify violations that a simple keyword filter may miss.

Which message types can a content moderation API check?

Yes. Chat Content Understanding supports all four formats. Text and image checks return results synchronously; audio and video checks return results asynchronously through webhooks. Video policies can inspect frames, audio or both. For media in your own storage, connect violation callbacks to your app’s display and access controls.

Can I customize content moderation API rules and actions?

Yes. Configure risk categories, sensitivity and custom word libraries by scenario, including direct messages, group chat and profiles. Choose whether to intercept violating content or suspected content as well. Use results to drive your application’s escalation rules and connect Chat controls such as group muting. AI recommendations and account-level actions remain separate decisions.

How do content moderation API results connect to human review and analytics?

Use the moderation console to filter content, and send results to your backend with message, sender and violation details. Combine these with user reports in your review tools. Track confirmed violations, overturned decisions and review times to tune policies. Your application manages reviewer assignment, appeals and decision-history reporting.

How do I enable the content moderation API for an international app?

Request access to Chat Content Understanding, which currently requires allowlisting. The documented on-demand moderation API currently supports Singapore-hosted applications. Confirm supported languages and models for your audience, then test local slang, mixed-language messages and false positives. Moderation service charges are separate from your Chat messaging plan.

How do I connect a content moderation API to human review?

Route supported review results to your application’s policy workflow. Store the decision context, provide appeals where appropriate and define how moderators handle uncertain results.

Can a content moderation API stop every harmful chat message?

No automated review is perfect. Check supported text and media categories, tune your policy and pair review results with reporting, blocking and human escalation.

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