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,

As part of Russia's continuous efforts to exert additional authority over online activity, the Russian telecommunications watchdog, Roskomnad

Communications watchdog restricts access to Discord ‘due to violation of requirements’ of country’s legislation - Anadolu Ajansı

Shortly after Russia revealed the ban on Discord, crash reports for popular voice-chat app TeamSpeak skyrocketed in the country.

The popular messaging and VOIP platform has ignored court orders to remove illegal content related to drugs and terrorism Read Full Article at RTcom

The regulator, Roskomnadzor, last week ordered Discord to delete almost 1,000 items it deemed illegal and has previously fined the company for failing to remove banned content.

Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord following a court decision, the country's infotech regulator said on Wednesday. Turkey's Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) published the access ban decision on its website.