The blocking of Twitch, Discord and other foreign game and entertainment services is against Russian law and is after the appearance of competitive local analogues. It was stated DEA News Andrey Svintsov (LDPR), Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Information Policy Committee.
“You should always start with regulation, then warnings, then fines,” the lawmaker said, explaining that blocking can be applied when these companies are already completely unacceptable in terms of location and regulatory violations. Russian Federation”, as well as “preferably Russian counterparts, who from now on are already doing quite well.
According to him, replacing foreign resources with domestic resources will be a difficult but necessary process. He noted that Russian services can be used in many countries of the world, if not in Europe or the USA.
Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Information Policy Committee accused Twitch for promoting anti-Russian and ignoring the law of “descent”. He also suggested that Roskomnadzor would take coercive measures against the service.