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Taskaya: NSFW content makes up less than 1% of Fal traffic

Batuhan Taskaya · A Technical History of Generative Media · Sep 8, 2025 · at 43:03

Batuhan Taskaya, co-founder of Fal.ai, discusses platform content safety and enterprise traffic distribution on the Latent Space podcast.

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“Moderation is optional to a level where, like, illegal content is moderated, and we also track, like, the non-illegal content NSFW moderation, and, like, we haven't seen, like, we haven't seen more than one percent.”

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