The case was opened after local attorney Yaroslav Mikhailov filed a complaint in August with the local prosecutor about the emojis included on Apple's iOS 8.3 operating system. Under this law, often referred to as the law on 'gay propaganda,' police in Russia's Kirov region have opened an administrative case to investigate whether the emojis available on Apple's products that portray same-sex couples, or characters carrying LGBT Pride flags, are in violation of Russian law. technology company Apple over its inclusion of gay emojis in its operating system, according to police documents published by Russian news site .Ī controversial Russian law which came into force in 2013 banned the public display of a wide range of LGBT symbols and images, classifying them as dangerous for promoting 'nontraditional family types' to children. Russian authorities have opened an investigation against U.S.
