Oct 8 (Reuters) - 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.

Discord did not immediately respond to a request for

comment.

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.

The regulator, Roskomnadzor, last week ordered Discord to

delete almost 1,000 items it deemed illegal and has previously

fined the company for failing to remove banned content.

Moscow blocked Twitter, which has since rebranded as X, as

well as Meta Platforms' ( META ) Facebook and Instagram soon

after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.