HuffPo Buys Comment-Policing Firm
The Huffington Post has acquired Adaptive Semantics, a company that provides software designed to automatically moderate online commentary.
Adaptive Semantics claims its software can monitor millions of online comments each month, using sophisticated linguistics algorithms. Publishers can use the company’s tools to identify the most prolific commenters and the most abusive — including visitors who actively look to evade moderation.
HuffPo has previously licensed Adaptive Semantics’ technology to assist its collection of human moderators and had held a minority stake in the firm.
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