The Turkish Information and Communications Technology Authority said on its website that it is acting based on a court decision in Ankara.
Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunç explained on the “X” platform: “We are determined to protect our youth and children (…) from harmful and criminal posts on social media networks andInternet“.
Discord is very popular among video game fans and is used as an internal messaging tool in a large number of companies.
The platform also became an alternative social network for people who decided to leave my platform Facebook And x.
According to the Turkish press, users on Discord expressed their joy over a double murder committed on Friday in… IstanbulIt claimed the lives of two 19-year-old girls. Others had sexually harassed minors through messages through the platform, according to the same media.
Turkey banned access to the video game platform “Roblox” in August, also speaking about “content” harmful to “children”, a few days after banning the Instagram platform, which was re-allowed for use nine days after the ban.
Discord, which provides a free platform through which texts, audio recordings and videos can be exchanged, says it has 150 million monthly active users. Russia announced on Tuesday that it had banned the popular chat platform, citing its use for “terrorist and extremist purposes.”
