Spam and Platform Abuse

Bulk and automated abuse: fake accounts, engagement farming, and the infrastructure behind them.

  • Bluesky automodRules engine for automated moderation on AT Protocol services.Community management · Open source
  • CoralOpen source commenting platform with moderation built into it.Community management · Open source
  • Discord AutoModKeyword and pattern rules that block a message before it is posted.Community management · Free
  • FIRESShared moderation advisories and label distribution between fediverse servers.Community management · Open source
  • OspreyOpen source rules engine for anti-abuse decisions, first built at Discord.Content moderation platforms · Open source
  • YouTube moderation toolsComment filtering, held for review, blocked words and live chat controls for creators.Community management · Free
  • AbuseIOOpen source handling, ticketing and tracking for abuse reports.Case management · Open source
  • Akamai Bot ManagerBot detection and mitigation at the CDN edge, with account protection add ons.Bot and automation defense · Enterprise
  • Arkose LabsBot and account abuse defense that raises the cost of running an attack.Bot and automation defense · Enterprise
  • badwordsWord lists in several locales for flagging user submitted content.Datasets and benchmarks · Open source
  • BesedoModeration tooling plus human teams, specialized in marketplaces and classifieds.Moderation outsourcing · Service
  • CastleAccount takeover and abuse detection read from user behavior.Bot and automation defense · Subscription
  • Cequence SecurityAPI security and bot defense for web, mobile and API traffic.Bot and automation defense · Enterprise
  • CinderTrust and Safety operating system: queues, cases, policy and enforcement.Case management · Enterprise
  • Cloudflare TurnstileA CAPTCHA replacement that checks a visitor without setting a puzzle.Bot and automation defense · Freemium
  • Community SiftChat and username filtering for games and children's products, from Two Hat.Content moderation platforms · Enterprise
  • CoopOpen source content review and enforcement: queues, routing, enforcement rules and reporting to NCMEC.Case management · Open source
  • CoPESmall open model that classifies content against a policy you define.AI content classifiers · Open source
  • DataDomeReal-time bot and online fraud protection at the edge.Bot and automation defense · Enterprise
  • DiscourseOpen source forum platform with trust levels, flagging and moderation built in.Community management · Open source
  • FingerprintDevice identification for spotting repeat and evasive accounts.Bot and automation defense · Subscription
  • Foiwe Content Moderation ServicesBengaluru-based human and AI moderation of text, images, video and live streams, 24x7.Moderation outsourcing · Service
  • FossabotTwitch chat bot with strong spam and hate raid protection.Community management · Free
  • Genpact Trust and SafetyContent moderation and trust and safety operations, run from a central analytics control tower.Moderation outsourcing · Service
  • Google Safe BrowsingFree API to check URLs against Google's lists of phishing, malware and unwanted software sites.Threat intelligence · Free
  • gpt-oss-safeguardOpen weight reasoning model that classifies text against a policy you write.AI content classifiers · Open source
  • GPTZeroAI generated text detection for education and publishing.Text and language analysis · Freemium
  • hCaptchaCAPTCHA and enterprise bot detection with a privacy-first pitch.Bot and automation defense · Freemium
  • Hive Audio ModerationSpeech transcription and moderation for uploaded audio, video and live voice chat.AI content classifiers · Usage based
  • Hive Moderation DashboardReview and enforcement workspace on top of Hive's models, with NCMEC reporting.Case management · Enterprise
  • Hive Text ModerationText classifier for sexual content, threats, bullying, hate, drugs and spam.Text and language analysis · Usage based
  • HUMAN SecurityBot, fraud and abuse defense across ads, accounts and applications, formerly White Ops.Bot and automation defense · Enterprise
  • Imperva Advanced Bot ProtectionBot mitigation across web, mobile and API, part of Imperva's WAF suite.Bot and automation defense · Enterprise
  • Innodata Model Safety and Red TeamingHuman and automated red teaming of generative AI models, plus 24/7 content moderation.Red teaming and evaluation · Service
  • IPinfoIP address data: geolocation, ASN, company, carrier, and VPN and proxy detection.Fraud and payments risk · Freemium
  • IPQualityScoreFraud scoring APIs for IPs, emails, phones, URLs and devices.Fraud and payments risk · Freemium
  • KasadaBot defense using client interrogation and proof of work.Bot and automation defense · Enterprise
  • Lemmy moderationModeration tools built into the open source federated link aggregator.Community management · Open source
  • Mastodon moderationReports, account actions, filters and domain blocks built into Mastodon.Community management · Open source
  • MjolnirModeration bot enforcing shared policy lists across Matrix rooms.Community management · Open source
  • MoobotTwitch bot with spam filters, custom commands and channel management.Community management · Freemium
  • NightbotFree chat bot for Twitch and YouTube with spam filters and custom commands.Community management · Free
  • OpenWebHosted conversation platform with moderation for publisher comment sections.Community management · Enterprise
  • Originality.aiAI content and plagiarism detection for publishers and SEO teams.Text and language analysis · Usage based
  • OzoneOpen source labeling and moderation console for the AT Protocol.Case management · Open source
  • PhishTankCommunity verified phishing URL database with a free API.Threat intelligence · Free
  • PolicyKitToolkit for building and running community governance rules.Community management · Open source
  • ProsopoPrivacy focused CAPTCHA with an open source client and EU processing.Bot and automation defense · Freemium
  • reCAPTCHABot detection for web and mobile, scored in the background rather than solved.Bot and automation defense · Freemium
  • Reddit AutoModeratorRule based automation that acts on posts and comments in a subreddit.Community management · Free
  • Safety KitAPI first moderation platform: custom classifiers, policy engine and enforcement in one.Content moderation platforms · Enterprise
  • Sendbird ModerationProfanity filters, image moderation and moderator tools inside the Sendbird chat platform.Content moderation platforms · Usage based
  • SiftMachine learning risk scores for payments, accounts and content abuse.Fraud and payments risk · Enterprise
  • SpamAssassinOpen source spam filtering with Bayesian analysis and blocklists.Text and language analysis · Open source
  • Stanford Trust and Safety (CS 152)Ten-week Stanford course on how online services are abused and the operational, product and engineering responses.Training and certification · Service
  • Stream ModerationModeration built into the Stream chat and feeds SDKs, with AI and a review dashboard.Content moderation platforms · Usage based
  • ThreatExchangePlatform for sharing abuse and threat signals between companies.Threat intelligence · Free
  • Twilio VerifyOne time passcodes and phone verification over SMS, voice, email and WhatsApp.Identity verification · Usage based
  • URLhausFree feed of URLs distributing malware, from abuse.ch.Threat intelligence · Free

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