Content safety basics
**Block, filter, or allow** by audience — safety is product policy with clear tiers.
1Try it yourself
Playground
Content safety gate
Block, filter, or allow by audience and harm tier — safety is product policy, not model vibes.
Chat app for kids under 13
2Read & reflect
Recap
#What you just did
You classified three scenarios: hard block, filtered summary, or allowed help.
Teach
#How it works
Typical stack:
- Input filter — block jailbreaks and banned topics
- Age / audience tier — stricter rules for kids
- Output filter — strip PII, violence, or policy violations
- Human queue — edge cases and appeals
Use it
#When you'd use this
- Kids apps, schools, public-facing chatbots
- Any feature where harmful output creates legal or reputational risk
Watch out
#Watch out
"Safe model" marketing ≠ your responsibility. Test adversarial prompts and log failures.
Try next
#Try this next
Write one sentence: who is the audience and what must never appear in output?
3Spark check