Russia is banning chat platform Discord, the Washington Post reports. The app joins platforms like Facebook and X, which have also been blocked in the country since the start of its war with Ukraine. The twist is that the Russian military relies on Discord ...

The ban has also renewed a wider debate about how Russia’s bureaucratic machine keeps frustrating the military effort.

Turkey and Russia have banned access to the gaming-adjacent messaging platform, Discord. According to Reuters, Turkey reportedly blocked Discord after it refused to share information demanded by Turkish authorities which alleged crimes of "child sexual abuse and obscenity" were committed on the platform.

Russia’s move to ban Discord, an instant messaging platform popular among gamers and programmers, sparked a backlash from military bloggers who say it’s used by drone operators at the front in the war on Ukraine.

Discord has been suddenly blocked in Russia and Turkey since yesterday due to illegal activity residing on the platform, leaving legitimate users in those countries unable to visit the website or connect to the service.

Amid intensifying pressure on technology platforms, Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications regulator, on October 8, announced the official blocking of the Discord messaging platform, citing violations of Russian law.

Russia's telecoms watchdog on Tuesday announced that it was banning the social media platform Discord for violating the country's laws, signaling the latest move by authorities to tighten control over the internet.

Russia's communications regulator has blocked instant messaging platform Discord for violating Russian law, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, making the San Francisco-based company the latest foreign technology platform to be restricted in Russia.

The Discord messenger has been blocked in Russia for supposedly violating the country's legislation. Source: Russian censorship authority Roskomnadzor, cited by The Moscow Times Details: Russian users had previously complained en masse about Discord malfunctions,

On Tuesday, October 8, Russia escalated its crackdown on foreign digital platforms by blocking access to the popular messaging service Discord, citing violations of national laws. According to Roskomnadzor,