India temporarily blocks Telegram over medical exam cheating fears
2026-06-17T02:51:52Z•ddccfbc5ecadbfbe79c67fdb001a32c355ed4c09adbc12a2dc0f869c008160dc
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A set of cross-border digital-security and policy incidents: India temporarily blocked Telegram after scammers abused the platform to post and later replace purported exam questions, enabling cheating. The UK announced a proposed ban on social-media access for users under 16 on user-to-user platforms with posting and algorithmic features. Estonia will quarantine and apply additional security screening to emails originating from the .ru top-level domain before delivery to government officials. Maine closed its public data-breach portal after attackers submitted fake breach reports, restricting—
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