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1. Protect streamers by preventing any access to channel for banned users

   This is not to take away from the improvements that have already been made, and are being implemented. The work that is being done is greatly appreciated.
   However, further change is needed to better protect streamers for banned users. Merely preventing chatting is not enough to deter harassment, stalking, or intrusive bot behavior.

   Most people are aware that measures often can be circumvented, that is not an excuse for the lack of protection that currently exists.
   Streamers need a way to completely cut off a user from content. I believe the proposed measures are reasonable, and will also provide protection against abuse as well as preventing intrusive bots from squatting in channels without permission.

   The proposed changes are:
   1. A banned user is prevented from connecting to a channel's chat completely, which means their name does not appear in the list of viewers.
   2. A banned user is prevented from viewing the stream itself, on site or using other means.
   3. A banned user is blocked from subscribing and following, and will be automatically unsubscribed and / or unfollowed.
   4. A banned user is prevented from viewing any other channel information and content, including the streamer's panels, VODs, clips, followers, and followed accounts.
   5. A streamer must be able to toggle an option to treat logged out viewers similarly as a banned user, preventing any access until they log in.

   Additionally, to prevent excessive account creation, the following measures should be implemented as well:
   6. Accounts need to be verified by e-mail.
   7. Limit the amount of accounts per e-mail, to 1 or at a maximum 2.
   8. Limit the amount of accounts that can be created from a single IP address per day.

   Thank you for your consideration.

   This is not to take away from the improvements that have already been made, and are being implemented. The work that is being done is greatly appreciated.
   However, further change is needed to better protect streamers for banned users. Merely preventing chatting is not enough to deter harassment, stalking, or intrusive bot behavior.

   Most people are aware that measures often can be circumvented, that is not an excuse for the lack of protection that currently exists.
   Streamers need a way to completely cut off a user from content. I believe the proposed measures are reasonable, and will also provide protection… more

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   Relevant Update  ·  Twitch responded

   We’re happy to announce that we have released an additional update to address these concerns. Streamers can now prevent their banned users from watching their livestreams. You can find and turn on this feature in the Moderation settings section of the Creator Dashboard, through the “Stop banned users from viewing stream” toggle.

   
   

   Please note, this update 1). does not prevent users from watching livestreams from an incognito window or while logged out and 2). does not prevent users from viewing VODs, clips or highlights. We plan to explore extending the functionality of bans further, including but not limited to preventing VOD and clip playback.

   
   

   In addition, we’ve made an update so that users that are blocked will now automatically be blocked from watching a streamer’s livestreams.

   We will leave this thread open for your other points regarding preventing view of other content types and account creation.

   
   

   https://x.com/TwitchSupport/status/1712166618594259237?s=20

2. IP Ban from channel

   IP Ban makes it possible to permanently ban a user with the same IP Address, thus not allowing them to crate other account to try and troll/spam, etc.

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   Relevant Update  ·  Ana responded

   We apply IP bans in Chat based on users' Moderation actions in certain cases. We don't currently plan to publicize the logic we use because we think it would make it easier for bad actors to bypass the restriction.