Turkiye has blocked access to the social media platform, Discord, amid alleged safety concerns over crimes against minors. According to Turkiye’s Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK), its move to ban Discord was a result of a ruling by a court in Ankara regarding “suspicion” that the platform had been used for “the sexual abuse of children and obscenity”. Aside from reports indicating that Discord is being used en masse to harass underage girls and target children through grooming, blackmail, sexual abuse and cyber-bullying, much of the outrage was reportedly sparked by some of its users praising a 19-year-old man’s murder of two young women in Istanbul earlier this month. Since then, concern has been expressed amongst Turkish officials regarding […]
