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Voice, video, and text chat platform for communities and gaming
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24 Jun, 2026
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Restricted for users in Syria. After file uploads worked through January and February 2026 making the platform broadly usable, community testing in February 2026 found that chat, voice, and video work normally but Syrian phone numbers (+963) are blocked from account verification, returning a disguised "rate limited" error. The team contacted the company in February and March 2026 to request a regional policy review; no response has been received yet.
Contacted Company
Official outreach to support@discord.com. Syrian phone numbers (+963) blocked from verification with disguised 'rate limited' error. 55% of Forums & Communities accessible. Reddit, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Snapchat cited.
Contacted Company
Official outreach email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to support@discord.com. The email noted that Syrian phone numbers (+963) are blocked from account verification with a disguised 'rate limited' error. Cited Reddit, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Snapchat, and Medium as accessib...
You can help change this. Syria's political situation has changed—all sanctions have been lifted. Many companies just haven't updated their policies yet. If you work at Discord or know someone who does, share our resources with their legal or compliance team. Sometimes all it takes is one person asking the right question.
Tips for advocating: Reach out to legal, compliance, or policy teams. Reference the lifted sanctions. Point to competitors who have already unblocked Syria. Every voice matters.
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