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

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.

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.

Turkey has officially banned access to the messaging platform Discord due to concerns over illegal content sharing.

Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord in line with a court decision after the platform refused to share information demanded by Ankara, Turkish authorities said on Wednesday.

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,

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.