Have you ever wondered how your community can stay safe and positive? The answer lies in content moderation. This article explains how the content moderation feature works within Locals.

At Locals, our mission is to foster safe, respectful, and authentic offline social connections. To support this goal, we apply structured moderation practices to detect and address harmful or inappropriate behavior and content across the Locals Services. This Moderation Policy outlines how we monitor content and user behavior, what tools we use, the types of enforcement actions we may take, and how users can respond to moderation decisions.

I. Moderation Overview

Locals employs a multi-layered approach to platform moderation that includes:

• Proactive monitoring of user-generated content (UGC), especially within public spaces and monetized activities;
• Behavioral analysis tools to detect suspicious or harmful patterns;
• User and moderator reporting for community-driven flagging;
• Automated flagging systems based on keywords, behavior signals, or prior violations;
• Transparent enforcement and appeal mechanisms.

Our moderation applies to all areas of the Locals Services, including profiles, Clubs, Events, comments, messages, and media uploads.

II. Proactive Monitoring and Behavioral Analysis

To ensure platform integrity, Locals may proactively review content using using a combination of automated tools, behavioral analysis and human moderation. Unlike a purely reactive system, our proactive approach aims to identify and neutralize content that violates our guidelines before it gains wide visibility. Our moderation systems include:

• Automated Content Scanning. We use advanced algorithms to scan for text, images, and videos that may contain prohibited content, such as hate speech, graphic violence, or spam. This includes keyword filtering and media analysis.
• Behavioral Analysis. Our systems are trained to recognize patterns of behavior indicative of malicious activity. This includes identifying spam accounts, coordinated harassment campaigns, and users attempting to evade previous enforcement actions.
• Preemptive Flagging. Content from accounts with a history of violations or that matches high-risk patterns may be automatically flagged for immediate human review before it is widely distributed.

Note: Proactive moderation is particularly applied to activities with public visibility or monetization features, such as Paid Events, Club Memberships, and mass user interactions.

III. Reporting and Community Flagging

We believe that community members are essential partners in maintaining a healthy environment. We empower all Users – including Creators, Participants, admins and internal moderators – to report content that violates our Terms of Use or Community Guidelines. Reports can be made via in-app tools or designated contact channels.

Manual reporting rule