India temporarily blocks Telegram over medical exam cheating fears
2026-06-16T20:51:54Z•01f1d3638f2917bf40bde68d5f63acf20ac24773068cc4ce06b86db6a12038f1
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What happened
A set of recent cybersecurity and policy incidents: India temporarily blocked Telegram after scammers exploited the platform to post and later replace fake medical exam questions, undermining exam integrity. The UK government announced plans to ban access to user-to-user social media platforms for children under 16, targeting platforms that enable interaction and use algorithms. Estonia will subject emails from the Russian .ru top-level domain to additional quarantine screening before they reach government officials. Maine shut public access to its data breach portal after a wave of fake/abuse
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