The NSFW filter is far too aggressive. For instance this poster was accepted and uploaded https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/jr6a2cxKDRXrFWzRKeyTCaDgnOJ.jpg ---- whereas this backdrop with identical artwork was denied by the new NSFW filter https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/pv-target-images/df52911fa68bc11214022642517e08056fe0b1113b20a84a1957f72f2c5e9381.jpg

@Jefff_73 said:

I've been able to upload backdrops without issues until recently, Now all I get is an Error NSFW Content Detected I am doing this through my browsers on my desktop, I've been doing it the same way for about a month without issues until this week. I am trying to edit the TV Series Naked and Afraid https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/58832-naked-and-afraid/seasons?language=en-US The images I am using and trying to upload have no nudity, All nudity is blurred out or pixelated, Yet still getting a NSFW Content Detected. Any ideas or help would be appreciated, Thanks

I've been successfully uploading backdrops for the TV series Naked and Afraid without issues, but recently, I've encountered a problem where my uploads are flagged with an 'NSFW Content Detected' error. I'm doing this through my desktop browser, and nothing about my process has changed in the past month. The images I’m uploading contain no nudity—any inappropriate content is blurred or pixelated—yet the error persists. Does anyone have any insights or suggestions to resolve this issue? Your help is greatly appreciated! Link to the show: Naked and Afraid on TMDB."

OMG, this is so annoying. The site has been full of glitches lately, and no one even bothered to acknowledge the issues. What's so NSFW about this image? Which is the official Netflix image for ep 201 here. The filter is lame, either fix it or turn it off.

With regards to false positives, we're at the mercy of the services we use for these detections; AWS and Google Cloud.

Regarding the feature in general, at the moment, we're accepting the fact that a handful of the ~1,000 images contributed every day are being marked incorrectly, but this is better than before when users were regularly posting nudity on items without any way to stop them. It's true that we're trading one problem for another, but this is a much safer and defensible position for us to take.

Moving forward, I think we can add an option to allow moderators to one-click re-add a false positive. Since we still have the image, it will not be required to be uploaded again. It can be as simple as a single click. Unfortunately, I don't have an ETA on this as there's only two of us who work on TMDB so for now, you'll just have to be patient.

Thanks.

Ohh god this system sucks, Like 1000s of images are getting falsely detected as NSFW.

This is no good. A tons of movies are gonna miss great quality that TMDB is always known for...

Looking at the bot's edit history none of the images were NSFW. They are just hot. Is TMDB turning into Disney database? There are 100s and 1000s of erotic movies out there and they need to be added to the database too and of-course their images will be sexy/hot. What can we expect the cover/backdrop to be?

Why not use Nudenet to detect nudity? Its free and accurate too.

Moving forward, I think we can add an option to allow moderators to one-click re-add a false positive. Since we still have the image, it will not be required to be uploaded again. It can be as simple as a single click. Unfortunately, I don't have an ETA on this as there's only two of us who work on TMDB so for now, you'll just have to be patient.

@travisbell Why not just disable this system and turn it on when this feature got ready to production?

Is TMDB turning into Disney database?

Probably so, because some snowflakes complained about one mod for his lists of hardcore videos while he denied their submissions because of the site's rules. Just because you don't like someone's interest, there's no reason to censor the whole damn site! Cut off

Unfortunately when users start uploading underage nudity we have little choice but to implement more restrictions like this. It was this or moderate every image, which is obviously not sustainable.

I stand by what I already said, we’ll work on making it better.

@travisbell How about a built-in quick report function? When the NSFW filter is triggered, include a dialog box with it that reads something like "Do you feel this detection was made in error" Click Yes/No. --- As it stands now, reporting and asking for a 2nd review has to be done manually. Either way though it's gonna be a ton of work for mods since the false detection rate is so high. It's likely most uploaders are just shrugging their shoulders and moving on whereas a quick reporting dialog box (spoonfed one-click) would substantially increase the amount of reports flooding in.

@travisbell said:

Unfortunately when users start uploading underage nudity we have little choice but to implement more restrictions like this. It was this or moderate every image, which is obviously not sustainable.

I stand by what I already said, we’ll work on making it better.

LOOOOOOOOL, where did i mention underage nudity while I uploaded not definetly NSFW image where a woman was lying on floor in the modest dress, and your bot detected as adult mature? https://media.themoviedb.org/t/p/w500/gmrxmd5lRdwdJF7nZlQxAFA3SgV.jpg

Huh? You didn’t. I’m telling you this is why we implemented the new checks.

Another weird false positive here.

I have been thinking for some time now whether there is a better solution to the image problem with erotic films. With “normal” mainstream films you can upload nearly anything, with adult films even the wildest stuff, but there are also films that exist in between. And especially in Europe, (mild) nudity on posters and promotional material was/is quite common (example). Not allowing nudity for erotic films is a bit like banning images with guns for action films (well, perhaps a little exaggerated, but you get the point😉)

Maybe the nudity detection could be used to mark all images with nudity as 18+ (or something like that). Whoever wants to see these images could allow this in the settings or not, similar to the "filter profanity?" setting. As it stands, it is not really useful for a database that wants to cover the whole range of the medium, as you can't upload half of the original/european posters and instead are left with some badly censored images or DVD covers. I'm only talking about posters now though, nudity in backdrops should be avoidable and there's no need to even discuss profile images. Also, there are probably more important projects at the moment, but maybe something like this could be thought about in the future.

Does NSFW checker also cause that https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/241501-apple-cider-vinegar/discuss/673c60862485b85b3ca8d6c6 ?