New machine-assisted text classification on Content Moderator now in public preview

Content Moderator is part of Microsoft Cognitive Services allowing businesses to use machine assisted moderation of text, images, and videos that augment human review. The text moderation capability now includes a new machine-learning based text classification feature which uses a trained model to identify possible abusive, derogatory or discriminatory language such as slang, abbreviated words, offensive, and intentionally misspelled words for review. In contrast to the existing text moderation service that flags profanity terms, the text classification feature helps detect potentially undesired content that may be deemed as inappropriate depending on context. In addition, to convey the likelihood of each category it may recommend a human review of the content. The text classification feature is in preview and supports the English language.