Discord was banned in Russia and Turkey for spreading criminal content

The governments of Russia and Türkiye banned Discord messenger with separate actions. The platform is now offline for users in both regions as of Thursday (10).

Russia was the first country to suspend the service with the decision taken by the institution that supervises media companies. charged with application maintaining groups circulating “illegal information”” And ignore court orders and negotiations cooperating with investigations.

According to the request, the following order was given to Discord: Remove over 940 posts Contains suicidal content extremist speech, child sexual abuse, and even so-called “LGBTQ+ propaganda.” – Expression and demonstration of sexual diversity is severely suppressed in the country.

According to the government, many of the posts also include the use of Discord”for terrorists and extremist purposes“, which violates national laws. The ban was implemented immediately without prior notice to the community, and some of the community resorted to virtual private networks (VPNs) to access the app.

situation in Turkey

The local communication authority in Turkey suspended Discord due to the following content: “child sexual abuse and obscenity” was found on the platform. Also, according to news from the region, groups on Discord He was praising the murder of two women by a 19-year-old suspect in the Istanbul area.

“How to Disagree Refuses to share your own information such as IP address and contentMinister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said, “We had to block access through our security forces.”

The case is similar to the Telegram case in France; It even resulted in CEO Pavel Durov being arrested and accused of complicity in crimes committed on the platform.

Discord has said little about either case so far and has yet to defend itself against the accusations. “We are aware of reports that Discord is unavailable in Russia and Turkey. Our team is currently investigating the reports“, he said in a statement sent to the company Reuters.