Roskomnadzor has added links to 15 popular accounts on Twitch, Telegram and Kick platforms to its Unified Banned Knowledge Register. In particular, we are talking about the accounts of singer Yegor Creed, rap artist Yuri Khovansky, as well as bloggers Hussein Gasanov and Nikolai Lebedev (Nekoglai).
“The sources of broadcasters on Twitch, Telegram, Kick sites are included in the list of banned sites. Requests were sent from RKN to restrict access to platforms, accounts in Russia, ”- knowledgeable Ekaterina Mizulina, president of the Safe Internet League.
According to him, the Federal Tax Service also organizes “a set of control and analytical measures regarding the possible presence of signs of violation of tax laws.”
“I thank Roskomnadzor and the Federal Tax Service of Russia for the systematic work to clear the information space from illegal casino ads,” Mizulina Jr. said in Telegram.
The press service of Roskomnadzor confirmed to TASS that links to the materials of 15 bloggers are included in the registry, but only on one platform – Twitch.
“Based on the decisions of the Federal Tax Service, Roskomnadzor entered into the Unified Registry of Prohibited Information 15 materials on the organization and conduct of gambling and lotteries broadcast on the Twitch streaming platform. Roskomnadzor sent requests to the owner of the Internet service to remove prohibited materials, ”the ministry added, adding that information about the violations has already been transferred to the Russian Investigative Committee.
What are bloggers accused of?
Earlier, the League filed an appeal with Roskomnadzor and the Federal Tax Office regarding the illegal distribution of advertisements for online casinos and bookmakers.
The organization believes that bloggers specially created Telegram channels in order to transfer their subscribers there and not risk their “main” accounts on social networks. Every blogger has a unique referral link and for each click they get 50% of the money lost by the subscriber.
At the same time, advertising is created “with the help of psychological tricks,” as League points out. The organization reminds that, according to the federal law “State Regulation on the Regulation and Enforcement of Gambling”, such activities using the Internet are prohibited.
Who is on the list?
The full blacklist of bloggers is as follows:
-GENELQW (Victor Nigrini);
— INDIAN0CH (Oleg Gorbenko);
– KYIVSTONER (Albert Vasiliev);
— RXNEXUS (Igor Lysakovsky);
– FOLLOWERS (Ilnur Khafizov);
– VERSUTA (Aren Zurabyan);
– N3KOGLAI (Nikolai Lebedev);
– ZUBAREFFF (Alexander Zubarev);
– A1TAODA (Igor Saiganov);
– FARBIZZBAT9 (Kirill and Alexander Volynkin);
-GUSEINNEWS (Hussein Hasanov);
— MELLSTROY (Andrey Burim);
– KHOVANSKYTODAY (Yuri Khovansky);
– EGORKREED (Egor Creed).
Chatting with publisher Igor “Nexus” Lysakovsky “socialbites.ca” He expressed confidence that being blacklisted would not affect his activities.
“So I haven’t advertised the casino for three weeks, I don’t know why I came there. I just stream games on Twitch and I can’t even imagine how exactly my channel could be banned from the territory of the Russian Federation, that’s if all Twitch is banned.
I can’t imagine how it could affect [попадание в список на деятельность]. Yes, and they added me without realizing the situation when I was no longer broadcasting in the casino,” said Nexus.
Formerly Safe Internet League extended List of publishers illegally advertising online casinos, April 10. Then Dasha Koreika, Edward Beal, Svetlana Sollar, Vadim Artemov and others took part in it. According to Mizulina, some have changed sites and some have tried to hide the fact of the ad.