Moderation overview

You can use moderation methods for the following:

Forcing clients to disconnect

The Vonage Video API client SDKs (except React Native SDK) and the REST API include methods to force clients to disconnect from a session:

Forcing clients to stop publishing streams

The OpenTok.js SDK includes a method for moderators to force a publisher of a stream to stop streaming to the session. See the OpenTok.js 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: