India's solution to entrance exam fraud: A temporary ban on Telegram

villgax

Thank god ISRO isn’t run by the same group of people

wtmt

Seems like WhatsApp, which is much, much larger in India, couldn’t be restricted like this because everybody depends on it. Government work, police work, judicial work, everything happens on WhatsApp. Telegram is a good poster child to be beaten up because it has (built) a reputation for scams and frauds. The way internet and internet platforms work in India is by the heavy hand of the government, which used bans regularly. Internet shutdowns are extremely common in India, where tens of millions of people may be affected. This action won’t really solve the problem. But the government can claim that it’s doing something…that something being distraction from real accountability and responsibility.