Turkey bans popular chat app Discord

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Internationally popular chat app, Discord, has been banned in Turkey. The ban followed public outrage after comments were made on the app in support of the murder of two teenage girls in Turkey. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Yaman Akdeniz, a Turkish law professor, about what’s behind the ban.

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