AUTOMATIC MODERATION OF MEDIA CONTENT BY A FIRST CONTENT PROVIDER BASED ON DETECTED MODERATION BY A SECOND CONTENT PROVIDER

In one embodiment, a method comprises registering content providers, each content provider having a corresponding independent moderation policy configured for selectively providing network access to a media content item supplied by a user; receiving, from a first of the content providers, a first notification that a first media content item has been moderated by the first content provider; and sending a second notification to at least a second of the content providers, the second notification identifying that the first content provider has moderated the first media content item, the second notification enabling the second content provider to moderate the first media content item based on the second notification and according to the corresponding independent moderation policy of the second content provider.