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Authorities said the instant messaging platform refused to hand over requested information over “criminal content.” The move comes a day after Russia also banned the platform.
Turkey blocked access to the social media platform Discord on Wednesday, according to a statement published on the website of the BTK communications authority.
Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said an Ankara court decided to block access to Discord from Turkey because there was sufficient suspicion that crimes of “child sexual abuse and obscenity” had been committed by some using the platform.
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