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10 of September, 17:01

Network "Vkontakte" began to filter out undesired explanations
The social network has launched a new tool of moderation Filter review for groups and public pages. About It it is spoken in the press release of the organization. The filter will give the ability to automatically remove unwanted entries that contain profanity or Any other keywords, at the option of the administrator page.

the novelty is already available for the first 50 million groups, public pages and events. As explained Vkontakte, administrators will receive a distribution of two variants of moderation. 1st option involves filtering foul language, based on dictionary, compiled with the assistance of professional philologists and linguists. The second option will give administrators community the opportunity to prepare your own list of " stop words ". Any comments that fall under the Filter will be automatically deleted immediately after their publication. The moderators will be able to see all trapped under the Filter explanations in the action log and, if necessary, to restore them.

"This is a big step that facilitate large media pages and names, for which the purity of the discussions in the comments on their pages "Vkontakte" is crucial. Certain brotherhood "Vkontakte" receive thousands of comments from its subscribers on a daily basis. This tool will enable us to reduce costs on the moderation page and minimize reputational risks for companies ", - said the head of the press service of "Vkontakte" Giorgi Lubushkin.

As emphasized in the organization, currently obscene words Filter is available in 4 languages - Russian, Ukrainian, Kazakh and English. However, in the dictionary of stop words and expressions administrators and Moderators of pages can add words in any language. Dictionaries of filters will be automatically motivated, and administrators will observe the reason for the removal of each comment in the activity log.

VKontakte is Russia's largest social network, with a daily audience of 80 million people.

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