post-moderation

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Etymology[edit]

From post- +‎ moderation.

Noun[edit]

post-moderation (uncountable)

  1. (journalism, Internet) The practice of moderating comments after they appear online, with the goal of removing the publication of offensive or dangerous material while allowing discussions to occur in real time.
    Antonym: pre-moderation
    • 2010 September 8, Milo Yiannopoulos, “Moshi Monsters is leading the way on child safety”, in The Telegraph[1]:
      "We can't completely lock down creativity," says founder Michael Acton Smith, "But nor can we allow the Wild West. So we use tools like software filtering, pre-moderation and post-moderation and we track every communication on the site."