Automated Content Advisories

Automated Content Advisories is a service provided by Parabasis designed to address the pervasive issue of manipulative content on the web. Operating on the principle that users deserve a 'duty to warn' about potentially influential content, this service offers automated warnings and advisories for various types of online content, including text, audio, and video. By analyzing content to detect persuasive language, hate speech, profanity, and nudity, Automated Content Advisories aims to improve user experience and protect advertisers from association with problematic content. The service is flexible, working with multiple content formats and does not rely on potentially biased word embeddings or neural networks for rhetoric analysis.

The process to use Automated Content Advisories is straightforward. Users sign up for an account on parabasis.io, choose the type of content they wish to analyze, submit the content, and then generate an advisory using the API. The advisory provides warnings about high levels of rhetoric or persuasive language, and users can optionally add themes for more nuanced messaging. Additional features include hate-speech, profanity, or nudity detection for expanded advisories. While the service strives for accuracy, it may err on the side of caution, potentially over-flagging content, and stores submitted content for up to 30 days, which could raise privacy concerns.