# Blocking emojis won't work

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-emojis-wont-work/105853>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 7, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-emojis-wont-work/105853 "2019-01-07T02:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chaboi\_3000](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chaboi_3000/32/163015_2.png) [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blocking-emojis-wont-work/105853/1 "2019-01-07T02:19:14Z")

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To avoid some problems, I blocked the middle finger emoji. Then, I went to my test account which does not have admin or moderator and is TL2. I used the emoji in a PM to my normal account, and it didn’t block the emoji. Which is a problem.

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