Roskomnadzor blocked the website with the emoji catalog 7TV

The attention of users was drawn to the restriction of access to the 7tv.app website, which is a catalog of 7TV emoji for use on the Twitch, YouTube and Kick platforms. The blocking occurred on October 11, the DTF publication reported .

The reason for the restriction was an emoji called kiss-gay, depicting two men kissing. This content was uploaded by a user named volgon_8736 in April 2024, but was not used on any channels at the time of writing.

The restriction did not affect the operation of the browser extension of the same name, and emojis from the 7TV catalog continue to be displayed correctly in broadcast chats on the Twitch, YouTube and Kick platforms.

In October, 10 Steam community pages were added to the Roskomnadzor registry , but the agency stated that it does not plan to impose restrictions on the gaming platform at this time. Earlier, the Discord messenger was blocked in Russia. Then, on October 10, Roskomnadzor stated that it saw no reason to lift restrictions on Discord.

Earlier, experts criticized YouTube’s new solution to “break” algorithms.