Like most social platforms, Periscope users are being encouraged to report offending comments. In a  twist, however, a small group of randomly selected live viewers will then be asked vote on whether they agree with the reporter's assessment.

Users found to be sending “spammy” or abusive comments will be temporarily disabled from commenting within the broadcast, while repeat offenders could permanently lose their commenting rights.

Kayvon Beykpour, co-founder and CEO of Periscope admits that the platform virtually invites abuse.

“One of the unique things about Periscope is that you're often interacting with people you don't know,” according to Beykpour. “That intimacy can also be a vulnerability if strangers post abusive comments.”

Effectively immediately, the new report tool is accessible by tapping on a comment within a broadcast. Users can report a comment for being spam, abuse, or for other reasons.

The new system works in tandem with other safety tools already in place, including the ability to report ongoing harassment or abuse, block and remove people from broadcasts and restrict comments to mutual followers.

Users can also disable the comment moderation tool in their broadcasts, or choose not to participate as moderators.

Periscope is doing quite well. Since its launch in March 2015, the app has been used for more that 200 million broadcasts. Plus, Periscope users now watch around 1 million hours -- or close to 110 years -- of live streams every single day. That stat only includes live streams viewed via Periscope’s iOS and Android apps.

Among other factors, the service received a boost when Twitter decided to start embedding live-video broadcasts directly into tweets at the beginning of the year.

For Twitter, the only problem is that its rivals have no intention of letting Periscope own the live-streaming space.

On the contrary, Google is readying a live-streaming app that will be closely integrated with YouTube, while Facebook can’t seem to scale its live-video feature fast enough.  

In fact, Facebook is preparing to prominently place a video tab right in its popular Messenger app.