Russia's communications regulator has blocked instant messaging platform Discord for violating Russian law, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, making the San Francisco-based company the latest foreign technology platform to be restricted in Russia.

The Discord messenger has been blocked in Russia for supposedly violating the country's legislation. Source: Russian censorship authority Roskomnadzor, cited by The Moscow TimesDetails: Russian users had previously complained en masse about Discord malfunctions,

Shortly after Russia revealed the ban on Discord, crash reports for popular voice-chat app TeamSpeak skyrocketed in the country.

The Russian communications authority blocked the U.S.-based group chat and social platform Discord, used mostly by gamers, for violating laws

Communications watchdog restricts access to Discord ‘due to violation of requirements’ of country’s legislation - Anadolu Ajansı

Russia has blocked Discord for failing to remove illegal content, according to the country's telecom regulator.

Russia has for several years ordered foreign technology platforms to remove content it regards as illegal, issuing relatively small but regular fines when it rules that companies have failed to comply.