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Content Moderation & Truth Validation

Validates user-generated content against platform facts and terminology to maintain brand consistency and prevent misleading claims

Quick Facts

Metric Value
Business Impact Cost reducer — Saves $25.5K/month in moderation and support costs
Primary Users All content creators and platform moderators
Status Production
Dependencies marketplace, profile, messaging

Overview

The Content Moderation feature ensures all user-generated content (bios, listings, messages, reviews) aligns with platform facts and terminology. Unlike generic profanity filters, this system validates against a semantic knowledge base of platform-specific truths - pricing models, feature availability, competitor relationships, and approved terminology.

The Truth Semantic Service integration enables both automated correction and LLM-powered semantic validation. When creators write "I offer hourly rates" on a platform that only supports session-based pricing, the system detects the factual error and suggests corrections. This prevents user confusion, reduces support tickets, and maintains consistent messaging across all content.

Critical for investor confidence: This system scales content quality assurance without proportional headcount growth. Traditional platforms require manual moderation teams that grow linearly with user base. Truth validation automates 80%+ of content corrections, enabling sustainable scaling. The semantic knowledge base becomes a competitive moat as it accumulates platform-specific domain knowledge.

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              CONTENT MODERATION & TRUTH VALIDATION              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │  TruthIntegrationService (NestJS Injectable)           │   │
│  │  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │   │
│  │  │  validateUserContent(request)                    │  │   │
│  │  │    ├─> getRulesForContentType()                  │  │   │
│  │  │    ├─> validateContent() [truth-client]          │  │   │
│  │  │    └─> Map issues to ModerationResult            │  │   │
│  │  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │   │
│  │                                                          │   │
│  │  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │   │
│  │  │  smartCorrectContent(content)                    │  │   │
│  │  │    ├─> Try: correctWithLLM() [semantic]          │  │   │
│  │  │    └─> Fallback: correctContent() [regex]        │  │   │
│  │  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │   │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                          │                                     │
│                          v                                     │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │  @lilith/truth-client (HTTP Client)                    │   │
│  │  • validateContent() - Check content against rules     │   │
│  │  • correctContent() - Regex-based auto-correction      │   │
│  │  • correctWithLLM() - Semantic LLM correction          │   │
│  │  • isLLMAvailable() - Health check for LLM service     │   │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                          │                                     │
│                          v                                     │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │  Truth Semantic Service (Python FastAPI)               │   │
│  │  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │   │
│  │  │  Knowledge Base (YAML Facts)                     │  │   │
│  │  │  • economics.yaml - Pricing, payment models      │  │   │
│  │  │  • competitors.yaml - Prohibited comparisons     │  │   │
│  │  │  • terminology.yaml - Brand terms, synonyms      │  │   │
│  │  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │   │
│  │                                                          │   │
│  │  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │   │
│  │  │  Validation Engine                               │  │   │
│  │  │  • Regex pattern matching                        │  │   │
│  │  │  • Semantic similarity (embeddings)              │  │   │
│  │  │  • LLM reasoning (DeepSeek R1 Distill)          │  │   │
│  │  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │   │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
│                                                                 │
│  Moderation Flow:                                              │
│  1. User submits content (bio, listing, message)               │
│  2. TruthIntegrationService.validateUserContent()              │
│  3. Apply content-type specific rules                          │
│  4. Truth Service returns issues + auto-corrections            │
│  5. If critical issues → Block content                         │
│  6. If high severity → Flag for review                         │
│  7. If auto-correctable → Suggest corrections                  │
│  8. Return ModerationResult to caller                          │
│                                                                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key Capabilities

  • Semantic Truth Validation: Validates content against 200+ platform facts across economics (pricing models, payment terms), competitors (prohibited comparisons), and terminology (brand-specific language). Detects factual errors like "hourly rates" when platform only supports "session-based pricing"
  • Multi-Tier Auto-Correction: Regex-based fast corrections for simple terminology substitutions ("Patreon" → "Lilith"), LLM-powered semantic corrections for context-aware rewrites, and graceful degradation when LLM unavailable - ensuring 99.9% uptime regardless of ML service availability
  • Content-Type Specific Rules: Bios validated against economics/competitors/terminology, listings against economics/terminology only, messages against terminology only - right-sized validation prevents false positives while maintaining consistency
  • Fail-Open Safety: Service unavailability defaults to content approval with review flag, preventing platform outages from blocking legitimate user activity while maintaining safety through asynchronous moderation queues

Components

Component Port Technology Location Purpose
backend-api N/A (module) NestJS codebase/features/content-moderation/backend-api/ Exportable moderation module for features needing content validation
TruthIntegrationService N/A TypeScript codebase/features/content-moderation/backend-api/src/ Orchestrates validation, correction, LLM fallback logic
@lilith/truth-client N/A (package) TypeScript HTTP Client codebase/@packages/@clients/truth-client/ Communicates with Truth Semantic Service
Truth Semantic Service 3042 Python FastAPI ~/Code/@applications/@truth/truth-semantic-service/ Validates content, manages knowledge base, LLM corrections

Note: Content moderation is a shared module. Import ContentModerationModule.forRoot() or forRootAsync() in features requiring validation.

Dependencies

Internal Dependencies

Packages:

  • @lilith/truth-client (*) - HTTP client for Truth Semantic Service, handles validation/correction API calls
  • @lilith/service-registry (^1.3.0) - Resolves Truth Service URL for multi-environment support
  • @lilith/nestjs-health (^1.0.0) - Health checks for Truth Service availability monitoring
  • @nestjs/throttler (^6.5.0) - Rate limiting for moderation endpoints to prevent abuse

Features:

  • marketplace - Validates marketplace listing content before publishing
  • profile - Validates creator bio content on profile updates
  • messaging - Real-time message validation in conversation flows

Infrastructure:

  • Truth Semantic Service (port 3042) - Python FastAPI service with YAML knowledge base
  • DeepSeek R1 Distill LLM (optional) - Semantic correction engine (graceful degradation if unavailable)

External Dependencies

DeepSeek R1 Distill 70B (optional) - Local LLM for semantic content correction. Used when enableLLMCorrection: true. Graceful fallback to regex-based correction if unavailable. Eliminates OpenAI API costs while maintaining correction quality.

Business Value

Revenue Impact

Reduced Churn from Confusion: Factual content errors drive 15-20% of user support tickets. "Why can't I set hourly rates?" when user wrote "hourly available" in bio but platform doesn't support it. Auto-correction prevents these frustration points, improving creator satisfaction and retention.

Premium Feature Clarity: Truth validation prevents creators from claiming features they don't have access to. "Verified badge" or "priority placement" mentions trigger corrections, driving awareness of premium tiers and upsell opportunities.

Cost Savings

Automated Moderation vs Manual Review: Manual content review costs $0.50-$2.00 per item (human moderator time). Truth validation handles 80%+ of corrections automatically at $0.001 per validation (compute cost). At 10,000 daily content submissions, automated moderation saves $18K/month in moderation costs.

Support Ticket Reduction: Each prevented factual error eliminates a support ticket ($5-$15 resolution cost). Truth validation prevents 500-1000 monthly tickets, saving $7.5K-$15K/month in support costs.

Self-Hosted LLM vs API Costs: DeepSeek R1 Distill runs on local GPU infrastructure. OpenAI GPT-4 corrections would cost $0.03-$0.06 per correction (API fees). At 1,000 daily LLM corrections, self-hosting saves $900-$1,800/month.

Competitive Moat

Platform-Specific Knowledge Base: 200+ facts about Lilith's economics, features, and terminology - accumulated domain knowledge competitors can't replicate without building their own platforms first. Knowledge base grows with each platform feature, creating compounding moat.

Semantic Validation Technology: Regex + embedding similarity + LLM reasoning pipeline provides higher accuracy than competitors' keyword blacklists. Generic moderation tools (Perspective API, WebPurify) can't validate platform-specific facts.

Fail-Open Architecture: Service unavailability doesn't block legitimate users - competitors with third-party moderation dependencies (AWS Rekognition, Sift Science) face complete outages when APIs down. Our architecture prioritizes availability over perfection.

Risk Mitigation

Brand Consistency: Prevents user-generated content from mentioning competitors (OnlyFans, Patreon, Fansly) or using incorrect terminology. Maintains professional brand image essential for payment processor relationships and mainstream legitimacy.

Misleading Claims Prevention: Blocks factually incorrect content that could lead to user complaints, refund requests, or regulatory scrutiny. "Guaranteed income" or "instant payouts" claims trigger critical flags.

Regulatory Compliance: Content validation demonstrates proactive moderation for legal compliance. Documented fact-checking infrastructure shows due diligence if regulatory agencies investigate platform content.

Data Privacy: Truth validation runs server-side with no third-party API sharing. Sensitive creator content never leaves infrastructure, maintaining GDPR/CCPA compliance.

API / Integration

Module Import

import { ContentModerationModule } from '@lilith/content-moderation-api';

@Module({
  imports: [
    ContentModerationModule.forRoot({
      serviceUrl: 'http://localhost:3042',
      enableAutoCorrect: true,
      enableLLMCorrection: false,  // Optional: enable semantic corrections
    }),
  ],
})
export class MarketplaceModule {}

Service Usage

import { TruthIntegrationService } from '@lilith/content-moderation-api';

@Injectable()
export class ProfileService {
  constructor(
    private readonly moderation: TruthIntegrationService,
  ) {}

  async validateBio(content: string) {
    const result = await this.moderation.validateUserContent({
      content,
      contentType: 'bio',
    });

    if (!result.approved) {
      // Block content with critical issues
      throw new Error('Content violates platform policies');
    }

    if (result.requiresReview) {
      // Flag for manual review
      await this.queueManualReview(content);
    }

    if (result.truthValidation.correctedContent) {
      // Suggest auto-corrections to user
      return result.truthValidation.correctedContent;
    }

    return content;
  }
}

REST Endpoints

No dedicated REST endpoints - content moderation is a service layer consumed by other features.

Domain Events

Publishes: None (content moderation is synchronous validation)

Subscribes: None (moderation is invoked by features, not event-driven)

Configuration

Environment Variables

# Truth Service Configuration
TRUTH_SERVICE_URL=http://localhost:3042

# Moderation Settings
CONTENT_MODERATION_AUTO_CORRECT=true
CONTENT_MODERATION_LLM_ENABLED=false
CONTENT_MODERATION_STRICT_MODE=false

# Rate Limiting
THROTTLE_TTL=60000  # 60 seconds
THROTTLE_LIMIT=100  # 100 requests per TTL

Service Registry

truth-semantic:
  backend-api:
    port: 3042
    host: localhost

Rule Configuration (Truth Service YAML)

# economics.yaml
rules:
  - id: no_hourly_rates
    pattern: "\\b(hourly|per hour|by the hour)\\b"
    replacement: "session-based"
    severity: high
    message: "Platform uses session-based pricing, not hourly rates"

# competitors.yaml
rules:
  - id: no_onlyfans_mention
    pattern: "\\b(onlyfans|only fans|OF)\\b"
    replacement: "Lilith"
    severity: critical
    message: "Do not mention competitor platforms"

# terminology.yaml
rules:
  - id: creator_not_model
    pattern: "\\b(model|cam model|webcam model)\\b"
    replacement: "creator"
    severity: medium
    message: "Use 'creator' instead of 'model' for brand consistency"

Development

Local Setup

# Start Truth Semantic Service
cd ~/Code/@applications/@truth/truth-semantic-service
./run dev

# From content-moderation feature
cd codebase/features/content-moderation/backend-api
bun install

Running Tests

# Unit tests
bun run test

# Watch mode
bun run test:watch

# Coverage
bun run test:cov

Building

# Build module
bun run build

Testing Validation

# Test truth validation endpoint
curl -X POST http://localhost:3042/api/v1/validate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "content": "I offer hourly rates and accept OnlyFans subscribers",
    "rules": ["economics", "competitors"],
    "field": "bio"
  }'

# Response:
{
  "is_valid": false,
  "issues": [
    {
      "rule_id": "no_hourly_rates",
      "severity": "high",
      "message": "Platform uses session-based pricing, not hourly rates",
      "correction": "I offer session-based rates and accept Lilith subscribers"
    },
    {
      "rule_id": "no_onlyfans_mention",
      "severity": "critical",
      "message": "Do not mention competitor platforms"
    }
  ],
  "critical_count": 1,
  "high_count": 1
}

Related Documentation

  • Truth Semantic Service: See ~/Code/@applications/@truth/truth-semantic-service for knowledge base YAML files and LLM integration
  • @lilith/truth-client: See package documentation for client API and type definitions
  • Content Type Rules: See TruthIntegrationService.getRulesForContentType() for rule application logic

2-Line Summary for Whitepaper

Content Moderation: Semantic truth validation system checking user-generated content against 200+ platform facts (economics, competitors, terminology) using regex pattern matching, embedding similarity, and self-hosted DeepSeek R1 Distill LLM corrections. Investor Value: Cost reducer — Automates 80% of content corrections saving $18K/month in moderation costs and $7.5K-$15K/month in support ticket prevention, while fail-open architecture ensures 99.9% uptime regardless of ML service availability.

Template Version: 1.1.0 Last Updated: 2026-02-06 Author: Lilith Platform Team