System and method for accelerating editorial processes for unsafe content labeling using cbir

A system for filtering unsafe content items within a multimedia repository, the system comprising:

• a multimedia repository operative to store a plurality of content items;
• an automatic filter coupled to the multimedia repository, the automatic filter operative to automatically identify a first plurality of unsafe content items from the content items and identify a second plurality of unclassifiable content items from the content items;
• a CBIR module operative to identify a third plurality of unsafe content items from the content items, the third plurality of unsafe content items identified according to a similarity to the first plurality;
• an editorial module operative to identify a fourth plurality of unsafe content items, the fourth plurality of unsafe content items comprising a subset of the second plurality of unclassifiable content items;
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• the CBIR module further operative to automatically identify a fifth plurality of unsafe content items, the fifth plurality of unsafe content items identified according to a similarity to the fourth plurality.