Moderation - Overview

You can use moderation methods for the following:

• Forcing clients to disconnect
• Forcing clients to stop publishing streams
• Muting the audio of streams in a session

Forcing Clients to Disconnect

The JS SDK and the REST API include methods to force clients to disconnect from a session:

• JS SDK
• REST API

Forcing Clients to Stop Publishing Streams

The JS SDK includes a method for moderators to force a publisher of a stream to stop streaming to the session. See the JS SDK moderation developer guide.

Muting the Audio of Streams in a Session

The Vonage Video API client SDKs include methods that allow moderators to force clients to mute audio in streams they publish. See the following:

• JS SDK
• Android SDK
• iOS SDK
• Windows SDK
• Linux SDK
• React Native SDK
• MacOS SDK
• REST API