Discord isn't an encrypted messenger nor a p2p one so I don't know exactly why you would take it down instead of taking down people sharing illegal content by yourself.
Ok torn on this. Against censorship 100% by governments. Also against using CSAM as an excuse. But discord IS rank with abuse like that, and they aren't really doing much to curtail it
To be honest, a block like that only affects normal users. Criminals or people who really want access will not have any difficulty finding a way to access discord.
I think it is a tactic to get discord to follow the rules, not to actually limit harm.
Fortunately we have lots of ways to circumvent censorship.
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