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Discord faces national bans: Discord has been banned in Russia and Turkey, albeit for different stated reasons. Russian media says the nation’s ban is due to the company failing to “prevent the use of [its] messenger for terrorist and extremist services, [and] recruitment of citizens to commit them.” Turkey, in contrast, focused on an alleged lack of removal of child abuse material from Discord. The company said it’s looking into service disruptions in the two countries.

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