Moderation

During a busy stream, someone may post spam or abuse. Hosts and co-hosts can remove those messages while the stream is live.

Where this fits: there's no special moderation system for streams. It's the normal Chat moderation, on the stream's live chat. The right permissions come automatically with each person's credential.

• A host gets ADMIN chat scope.
• A co-host gets MODERATOR chat scope.

Both are set for you when they're added as a host.

Delete a message

In the host's or co-host's app, delete a message by its id, for example from a "Remove" button next to each message:

await stream.chat.messages.delete('msg_3xR…');

await stream.chat!.messages.delete('msg_3xR…');

await stream.chat?.delete(messageId);

The message disappears for everyone in the chat.

Viewers always have MEMBER scope. If a viewer tries to delete someone else's message, it fails with the same PERMISSION_DENIED-style error as in any normal conversation.

Not available yet

• No "mute" or "kick viewer". A viewer who already joined keeps access until they leave. To keep someone out next time, have your backend stop giving them viewer credentials.
• No way to disconnect one host. Removing a host takes them out of the chat and stops them from rejoining once their token expires, but doesn't cut off a host who is already broadcasting. To stop all broadcasting right away, end the stream.

Next steps

• Hosts & co-hosts: who gets moderator rights.
• Chat → Moderation: the full moderation rules.