In a recent announcement, Twitter owned live streaming service Periscope has revealed that it is launching a new ‘moderating’ tool to combat abusive or spam comments during live-streamed video.

Announcing the rollout of the new ‘moderating’ tool, Periscope said that the tool will work in such a way that people watching the broadcast of live-streamed videos can report comments which they believe are inappropriate.

Once the inappropriate comments have been reported by people watching the broadcast, a small group of randomly selected live viewers -- or ‘flash jury’ -- will be asked to vote on whether they also agree that the reported comments are abusive or spam comments.

If the ‘flash jury’ of broadcast viewers also agrees that the reported comments are appropriate, Periscope will disable the live-commenting ability of the people posting abusive comments for 60 seconds during the broadcast.

However, if such people continue to post offensive comments even after the temporary ban from commenting during the broadcast, Periscope will not allow them to make further comments during the remaining part of broadcast.