India orders temporary ban on Telegram over exam fraud concerns

India has issued an order to block Telegram until June 22 over concerns that fraudsters are using the messaging platform to target candidates ahead of a re-test of the country’s biggest entrance exam. The move was announced on Tuesday by India’s National Testing Agency, which administers the National Eligibility Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET (UG)), a medical college entrance exam taken by millions of students each year. The Agency said the restrictions were aimed at preventing cheating networks from using Telegram to sell fake exam papers and spread misinformation before the June 21 re-test of NEET. The restrictions include a nationwide, temporary ban on Telegram until June 22, a day after the re-test.

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