"The automated tools are fired off first, whether it's an image that is inappropriate, whether it's audio, or whether it's in text form, and then that's when it's triggered for the human moderator," CEO Linda Kim told TechCrunch. "So the human moderators then immediately get notified to go investigate and take action."
Despite being part of a dating juggernaut like Match, Azar is not explicitly a dating app, though some people use it for that purpose. The app, which works on web and mobile, is free to use, but with in-app purchases, users can more finely toggle who they want to see based on gender and location.
For millennials who grew up with access to platforms like Omegle and Chatroulette, random video chat apps were like Ouija boards. But instead of conjuring the jumpscare-inducing signs of a specter, these apps were known for yielding unexpectedly pantless men.
Azar benefits from what these younger web surfers don't remember. And, crucially, Azar is at least trying to ward off nonconsensual nudity with a mix of human and AI-based moderation.
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