NEWS | Over the past few hours, the Philippine government has been putting real pressure on Reddit and Discord. The Department of Information and Communications Technology, working with its cybercrime unit called CICC, gave both apps a short deadline to set up someone local who can answer to Philippine authorities. If they don't, the government says it could limit or block access for users here. That part is confirmed and true.
Here's the part I want to talk about. Some users are saying they can't open Discord and Reddit right now. Nobody has confirmed why yet. It might not even be a government block at all. In fact, the latest news says Reddit and Discord might be agreeing to follow the rules instead of getting blocked.
Still, the timing feels strange. A deadline like this landing right when people start having trouble getting in is enough to make you wonder, even without a clear answer yet. This is not a confirmed block. But it is something worth watching, and a lot of regular users are noticing it happen on their own phones right now.
If the government does confirm a block later, this stops being just a warning and becomes something people actually feel. And if it turns out to be something else entirely, that's good to know too, so people don't jump to conclusions based on a few reports.
Are you having trouble accessing Discord or Reddit right now, and if so, on what network?
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