I'm not certain if this is an appropriate category, but modify bans so that when you're banned from a channel, you can't watch streams or VODs at all.(so the stream window shows up as a black screen)

Yes! there should be a stream ban as well as a chat ban. I can only assume twitch doesn't allow this for ONE reason and ONLY one reason.

DCMA BS. If smaller streamers had the ability to completely block, they could block any known music and movie sniffer bots, and hence effectively be able to completely evade DMCA strikes.

Fighting the supposed losses of living life normally for your cooperate overlords, should NEVER be prioritized over customer needs and safety. Copyright music in streams, unless being used as the SOLE focus of the stream, hurts no one, and is part of normal life!

If Twitch can make VODs subscriber-only, there is no reason why there can't be a feature that either puts the live broadcast in subscriber-only to help mitigate this issue, or a feature that makes it so that banned users can't see someone streaming after they've been banned, or a way to put your channel into a private invite-only mode. There is NO reason for this to still be a major problem on Twitch. Get your @#$% together and protect your users already!

I have seen people attempt suicide due to hate raids, There has to be actual security for people. twitch has been losing ground due to safeguards constantly being undermind, lets not forget the leak of THE AUTOMOD SOURCE CODE last year.

Banned users should be banned off my channel PERIOD. No viewing, no interacting.

I had people from 4Chan dox me and my mods. We are trans and do not need to be murdered cause Twitch decided not to place these protections. Thank you for posting this. Hopefully this will get addressed some time soon. I will be sending them emails about this in the meantime.

WE HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR THIS FOR FAR TOO LONG! GIVE US PROPER PROTECTIONS!!!!

Streamers block/ban users for a reason. Please explain why if a child should not be watching my stream (bc I have explicit content whether I curse or use harsh/crude language,) that them not being able to read chat does anything to help that? They can still see and hear me.

Then lets not even get into the fact that you're encouraging creepy stalker behavior from problematic users who are of age. When we block/ban someone, it means we don't want anything to do with them.

Please correct this

I'm a mod, and we have serious issues with stream snipers - banning someone should COMPLETELY block their ability to see, hear, interact, etc with a channel. It is ABSURD that banning only blocks chat.

Reminder for everyone here that GUID bans have existed for many years. By banning a device, it makes it almost impossible for a person to get around that ban. And let's face it, 99% of the trolls won't have the skill to bypass it, or the money to buy a new device.

How does twitch stop them from watching on their phone or using Starbucks wifi or a vpn? IP bans ARE a good additional step to help deter people, but please do not confuse an IP ban with guaranteed safety if they are implemented. IPs are trivial to change/spoof.

Locks only keep honest people out.

Especially for women, it is important that banned means BANNED completely from the streamers' channel.

This means If I ban someone, I do not want them to be able to watch my stream.
Not from their account, not from their IP address.
They need to be cut out completely.

It makes no sense to ban someone knowing that a ban still allows him to ******** on me.

i wish we had this option. super frustrating. this is also very similar to this uservoice

https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/933812-safety/suggestions/43471497-banned-users-should-also-be-banned-from-watching-y

It was brought to my attention that banned users can still watch this streamers content without other restrictions besides not being able to chat/follow/sub/gift subs. This makes me feel unsafe with the ban structure on Twitch. If I wanted to just warn a viewer/have them not partake in my streams before banning- I would just time them out. On social media - when you ban someone they can't view your content for the safety of the content creators out there. This also doesn't protect the streamers that have 18+ topics/content when they are doing their best to prevent a younger audience from viewing their page. Being able to still view & listen in does not protect streamers from further harassment either.

Please fix this Ban feature so that banned users from channels cannot view streamer's content at all!
Help make us feel safer in the Twitch community.

They also shouldn't be allowed to come with your raids. I banned someone in my channel and they followed with the raid (I think? They could have just opened the channel in a different tab) and it was super creepy.

When a user is banned for any reason they should NOT be allowed to watch the stream or see the panels, or interact with 3rd party panels like Sound Alerts. If they come to the channel they see a "You have been blocked from this Chat." Why can't there be a full screen notice that blocks the stream, panels and chat saying "You've been blocked from this stream." It's ludicrous I have a users that continually troll my channel with panel interfaces even though they can't use chat.

If you are banned you are banned from everything. Please make this happen!

I think you meant to say shouldn't be able to see the stream or the panels, but I totally agree.

Harassing a stream needs to be a blockable offense and accounts should be deleted a report from mod and streamers can be identified and it should not happen. Please make this Full Block happen its not ok to be harassed and there is nothing we can do to stop it

Introduce a new ban feature that bans a person not only from the chat but also from watching the stream, because we have some problems with too young viewers.

Reiterating the requests of many here on UserVoice:

The work Twitch has done is noticed and appreciated, but a number of safety features have been added since 2017/2018, when this requests were first added to UserVoice, while this one in particular has been overlooked.

First and most importantly, the reason why this should be implemented is to protect users. Several streamers have come forward of stories about how banned users stalk their channel and use it to further violence on other platforms.

Furthermore, even though banning revokes users of the privilege of clipping, it is very easy for a user to restream content or record it for their own use. Blocking the user from using the chatbox is not enough to actually protect the safety of streamers.

There have been many policy changes on Twitch that protects users, but I and many others fail to see how the implementation of this feature is a threat to Twitch's profit margins. If the reason it hasn't been implemented is because of ad revenue and placement, it is very possible to have both the safety feature and ad placement. Perhaps the option to let banned viewers watch streams or not can also be part of the feature. Regardless, there is far more money to lose when streamers cannot stream anymore because it's no longer safe to utilize Twitch's platform.

Please consider adding this feature again. Thank you.

forsenLaughingAtYou @Adriiannaa_TTV

If they did that, the stream snipers would just make or use an alt twitch account to watch your stream. So, Twitch would have to ban in a way that would not allow that, like windows ID ban or something they can't just work around.