Allegations

Allegation is claimed knowledge or accusation of a misconduct. The misconduct may not be a crime, but something potentially damaging to one's reputation. Instances of detected allegations are logged under the abuse section, with the type attribute set to allegation.

Allegation detection is used to:

• prevent review bombing on review sites and marketplaces
• block mass troll attacks, especially on public figure accounts (must be combined with personal_attack detection)
• prevent lawsuits over alleged libel posted in a community or an account
• prevent reputational damage

Relevant tags: nearly all tags apply, as the scope of allegations is broad.

Example

Request:

{
  "language":"en",
  "content":"He is a pickpocket",
  "settings": 
  {
    "snippets":true, "explain":true
  }
}

Response:

{
	"text": "He is a pickpocket",
	"abuse": [
		{
			"sentence_index": 0,
			"offset": 0,
			"length": 18,
			"text": "He is a pickpocket",
			"type": "allegation",
			"severity": "medium",
			"explanation": "Allegation of someone being a guilty party"
		}
	]
}

Also see: Difference between Criminal Activity, Allegation, and Disturbing