The moderation of UGC is something that's killed off a number of my own ideas, at best 'parked' them. CSAM only goes so far, and frankly it's just too reactive

The moderation of UGC is something that's killed off a number of my own ideas, at best 'parked' them. CSAM only goes so far, and frankly it's just too reactive - proactive defence is too costly for self-funding early stage startups such as myself. Building the upload/delivery stream was easy, it's all the 'needless complexity' that adds value. You know, like privacy controls, access control, moderation, image formats and optimised delivery, indexing, search, tagging, etc. I'll probably reimagine it and find better ways of hosting content but with my vision and UX. Maybe Cloudinary as folk have suggested, maybe some other SaaS DAM product with a solid track record - I doubt I'd trust an early stage MVP if my customers need to rely upon it. Too risky for my tastes. Now if there was a moderation-as-a-service (MaaS?) that would have uses at the right pricepoint.