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## [Developing Toxicity-fighting technology at Disqus](https://blog.disqus.com/developing-toxicity-fighting-technology-at-disqus)

 August 02, 2017 | [Lauren Maruschak](https://blog.disqus.com/author/lauren-maruschak)

 Earlier this year, we committed to fighting hate speech and began taking the first steps toward curbing toxicity on Disqus. As a Product Analyst, I focus on developing technology to facilitate good content. Our goals for this technology are to enhance community management tools for moderators, give users more power to address abuse and toxic comments within the communities they participate in, and improve the internal tools that our Abuse team uses for reviewing reported content that violates our Terms and Policies. 

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