Although Discord is popular among young people, it is used far less than Telegram by the general public in Russia. — Photo by Mariia Shalabaieva on Unsplash
MOSCOW: Russia's telecoms watchdog on Oct 8 announced that it was banning social media platform Discord for violating the country's laws, signalling the latest move by authorities tightening control over the Internet.
Access to Discord was being "restricted due to the violation of requirements of Russian legislation" pertaining to "preventing the use of messaging for terrorist and extremist purposes", telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor said in a statement.
