Social VR pushes moderation challenges to the surface in ways that non-VR titles are often able to avoid. Voice, immersion, and highly social design raise the stakes while economic realities also create limitations around moderation coverage. The good news is that data-backed approaches show there is another path.

Guest Article by Dr. George Ng

George is a co-founder and CTO of GGWP , where he works on systems that help online communities understand their users, reduce toxicity and churn, and work as a partner to support live operations teams. Previously, he co-founded Cyence, a cyber risk assessment platform. Cyence was acquired by Guidewire Software, where he served as chief data officer. Dr. Ng was the chief data scientist at Cray Supercomputer and a research scientist at DARPA.…