Checkstep offers an AI-driven platform that automates the moderation of user-generated content using machine learning algorithms to detect and filter inappropriate material. This technology minimizes the manual effort required for content review, improving operational efficiency and compliance for online communities and platforms.
Funding
$14.3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Online platforms and communities struggle to efficiently moderate user-generated content, leading to the proliferation of harmful material such as hate speech, bullying, and explicit content. Manual content review is time-consuming, costly, and can expose human moderators to disturbing content, impacting their well-being. Furthermore, ensuring compliance with evolving content regulations like the Digital Services Act (DSA) adds complexity and necessitates automated reporting capabilities.
Solution
Checkstep offers an AI-driven trust and safety platform that automates content moderation across various media types, including text, images, audio, and video. The platform employs machine learning algorithms to detect and filter inappropriate content in over 100 languages, significantly reducing the manual effort required for content review. Checkstep's solution allows users to build and manage content policies from a central location, automatically removing violating content or routing it to human moderators for review. The platform also provides tools for compliance reporting, including automated Statements of Reasons and Transparency Reports, streamlining adherence to global regulations.
Target Audience
Checkstep targets online platforms, social networks, gaming companies, marketplaces, and media organizations that require scalable and accurate content moderation solutions to safeguard their users and comply with content regulations.
Features
- AI-powered scanning of text, images, video, audio, GIFs, and live streams for various abuse types, including deepfakes
- Customizable content policies with automated blocking, reporting, suspension, or removal of content/users
- Integration with multiple AI scanning technologies, balancing price, accuracy, and latency
- Automated routing of edge cases to human moderators, reducing moderation costs
- Real-time content moderation for rapid removal of unwanted material
- Dashboard for monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) related to policy violations and moderator performance
- DSA plugin for automated compliance reporting, including Transparency Reports and Statements of Reasons
- Content blurring and greyscale to protect the mental health of human moderators
- EU-hosted data storage with role-based access control and customizable data retention frameworks