Discord Blocked by Russian Government for Legal Violations

Discord Blocked by Russia – The Russian government has once again proven its firmness in monitoring social media platforms in its country. After previously imposing fines and closing access to Twitter and META, now the country led by Vladimir Putin has announced that it is blocking Discord in that country.

What do you think is the reason for this blocking?

Reasons why Discord was blocked by the Russian government

According to a report from TASS, the Federal Agency for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media or also known as Roskomnadzor (RKN) announced that it had blocked access to Discord in the country.

According to the agency Roskomnadzor, The reason for the blocking is because the company is considered uncooperative and has failed to comply with local government regulations to remove content that is considered illegal.

The following is a statement from Roskomnadzor.

Discord access is currently being restricted due to violations of legal requirements in Russia, which must be complied with to prevent the use of the application for terrorist and extremist acts, recruitment of citizens to commit such acts, sale of drugs, and related to the dissemination of unlawful information.

Roskomnadzor (RKN)

Discord is included in the social media platforms that are officially registered in the country. In other words, the platform is obliged to follow existing rules, including finding and blocking illegal content independently.

Since last month, Roskomnadzor has ordered the company to remove nearly 1,000 items deemed illegal and previously imposed a fine of 3.5 Million Rubles ($36,150) for not removing prohibited content and failing to monitor the platform.

Other Companies Also Subject to Fines

In recent years, Russia has ordered foreign technology platforms to remove content deemed illegal, imposing relatively small but regular fines when companies are deemed to have failed or not complied with the regulations.

Previously, the red bear country had imposed fines on 2 giant companies, namely Google and TikTok, amounting to 5 million rubles ($58,038) and 4 million rubles ($47,080), respectively.

The fines were imposed because the two companies were found to have failed to remove and monitor the circulation of content deemed illegal on their platforms.

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