India blocked the messenger from June 16 to June 22 due to suspected… (мессенджер · индия · июнь)
India blocked the messenger from June 16 to June 22 due to suspected leakage of exam questions through the messenger. India has blocked Telegram until June 22 over cheating on exams.
Consensus
- Telegram was blocked in India from June 16 to June 22
- The block was related to the leak of exam questions for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)
- The NEET exam was postponed to June 21 due to the leak
- The Indian government cited fraud and misinformation as reasons for the block
- Telegram's founder, Pavel Durov, claimed the block did not solve the problem and that leaks simply moved to other apps
Points of divergence
- Telegram's users include hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of students — kommersant
- Telegram was blocked in Russia since February 2026 due to non-compliance with Russian law — vedomosti
- Russian authorities blocked Telegram because it failed to comply with local laws and began blocking channels and groups violating its policies — vedomosti
- Telegram's administration blocked 105,491 channels and groups on April 27 alone — vedomosti