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Türkiye restricted access to the popular messaging platform Discord early Wednesday, citing ongoing discussions about the platform's role in online crimes involving minors. 

In a statement, Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç announced that access to Discord from Türkiye has been restricted due to sufficient suspicion of crimes like "child sexual abuse and obscenity."

Turkey has blocked access to instant messaging platform Discord following a court decision, the country's infotech regulator said on Wednesday.

Turkey's Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) published the access ban decision on its website.

The Turkish television and radio watchdog has stated it is closely monitoring street interviews due to their intent to impose specific ideologies on the masses and incite sociological discord.

The timeline of the dispute and the distances of fintech – The company’s valuation as the subject of the discord

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a public apology in U.S. Congress on Wednesday as hostile lawmakers grilled tech chiefs over the dangers that children face on social media platforms.

The executives convened by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee were put to task in a session titled "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis."

Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, will open a moderation office in Texas with an emphasis on fighting content linked to child sexual abuse, the company said.

A major leak of classified U.S. documents that's shaken Washington and exposed new details of its intelligence gathering may have started in a chatroom on a social media platform popular with gamers.

Screenshot: Kosovo War 2033 game. Source: https://www.warofkosovo.com/

"For us it's like real war; it's a chance to redeem our name and intimidate them, show them we are strong," he told BIRN, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Migration is resurfacing as a hot topic in the election campaign for the new European Parliament after sowing discord across the EU throughout the outgoing legislature's five-year term.

Education Minister Costas Gavroglou has denounced neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn for trying to "channel its nationalist poison to high schools."

Speaking to reporters on Monday, he said the "fascists" were trying to recruit pupils through text messages and by approaching them outside schools, urging them to join Golden Dawn-inspired activities in the name of national issues.