The Govt has banned Telegram in India until June 22 over the use of the app by 'cheating rackets' for NEET-UG.
The Babu or the minister whose "big brain" idea this was should get the Param-Chaantt award.
They are assuming that the cheating network and their clients don't understand what a VPN is and can't access Telegram through one.
They think that because the paper was shared on Telegram last time, if it is leaked, it will only be shared on Telegram again. Are Discord, Signal, and WhatsApp a joke to them?
So, why not make your system foolproof and make leaks impossible instead of banning a mode of communication? Because it's a slippery slope. If the paper leaks and is shared tomorrow, you'll ban other apps too, and eventually the whole internet. But then again, papers were leaked and shared long before the internet era, too.
Telegram to be restricted in India for some time
As a teacher I interact with thousands of students daily on telegram
Not sure what’s the alternative of it
UPSC declared its prelims results last night and my messages are flooded with so many students seeking what to do ahead
Telegram helps many like me to keep the coaching accessible and affordable (even free since communication is very easy)
But we live in a society where govt can’t fix itself, it can’t correct its own ministers and departments, so it starts restricting others
This is a terrible solution to a disease so deep that to me it exposes the absolute lack of control of government on nefarious elements
At times you even start wondering if the nefarious elements have Govt’s backing and it just wants to use them to control the masses through non-state interventions
Overall, govt is well known to go after well meaning people and activities to show it’s doing something
Even after so many years, the govt stays unbelievably incompetent 🙏