Turkey Blocks Discord (reuters.com)
(Wednesday October 09, 2024 @11:30PM (BeauHD)
from the cut-off dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/09/2030216/turkey-blocks-discord
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-blocks-instant-messaging-platform-discord-2024-10-09/
Turkey has [1]blocked access to Discord after the messaging platform refused to share potentially illegal information with authorities. Reuters reports:
> Justice minister Yilmaz Tunc said an Ankara court decided to block access to Discord from Turkey due to sufficient suspicion that crimes of "child sexual abuse and obscenity" had been committed by some using the platform. The block comes after public outrage in Turkey caused by the murder of two women by a 19-year-old man in Istanbul this month. Content on social media showed Discord users subsequently praising the killing. Transport and infrastructure minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the nature of the Discord platform made it difficult for authorities to monitor and intervene when illegal or criminal content is shared.
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> "Security personnel cannot go through the content. We can only intervene when users complain to us about content shared there," he told reporters in parliament. "Since Discord refuses to share its own information, including IP addresses and content, with our security units, we were forced to block access."
Russia also [2]recently blocked Discord for violating Russian law, after previously fining the company for failing to remove banned content.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-blocks-instant-messaging-platform-discord-2024-10-09/
[2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/0052226/russia-is-banning-discord
> Justice minister Yilmaz Tunc said an Ankara court decided to block access to Discord from Turkey due to sufficient suspicion that crimes of "child sexual abuse and obscenity" had been committed by some using the platform. The block comes after public outrage in Turkey caused by the murder of two women by a 19-year-old man in Istanbul this month. Content on social media showed Discord users subsequently praising the killing. Transport and infrastructure minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said the nature of the Discord platform made it difficult for authorities to monitor and intervene when illegal or criminal content is shared.
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> "Security personnel cannot go through the content. We can only intervene when users complain to us about content shared there," he told reporters in parliament. "Since Discord refuses to share its own information, including IP addresses and content, with our security units, we were forced to block access."
Russia also [2]recently blocked Discord for violating Russian law, after previously fining the company for failing to remove banned content.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-blocks-instant-messaging-platform-discord-2024-10-09/
[2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/10/01/0052226/russia-is-banning-discord
Re: A Win for Turkish Audio Devices (Score:1)
by EnderWiggnz ( 39214 )
Doâ(TM)s effing flightless birds
Funny (Score:2)
by Luckyo ( 1726890 )
For those who missed Russia's blocking of discord, that generated a lot of brouhaha in Russia.
Specifically because Russian FPV and reconnaissance pilots were using Discord to stream their video directly to military headquarters across the country.
Classic case of right hand having no idea what left hand is doing. Bonus points for all the "evil Telegram supports Russian efforts in Ukraine by allowing on Russian military" messaging, all while Discord was being used by Russian military to generate kill chains o
Turkey blocks Discord (Score:3)
American politicians jealous.
People of Turkye all agree (Score:2)
Discord blocked in Turkye