Discord is banned in Turkey and Russia - with users claiming "they just lost their entire community"

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Banning the popular instant messenger platform has left countless people cut off from their online communities.

Why is Discord banned?

Discord failed to delete all such content from its platform and was, therefore.

banned across the country.

Discord was also fined by a Moscow court last month for “failing to delete prohibited information.”

Discord isn’t the first Western app Russia has banned.

Turkey’s Discord banTurkey banned Discord after the company failed to hand over requested user data to the government.

One such instance includes the glorification of the murder of two women in Istanbul earlier this month.

All you better do is bring up the VPN app and connect to a server outside Russia or Turkey.

This will keep your messages and any data you share over the internet private.