India's temporary block on the Telegram messaging app to prevent exam fraud undermines constitutional protections and the free speech rights of its users, and must be quashed, according to the company's filing to a New Delhi court seen by Reuters.
The extraordinary order blocking the app until June 22 came into effect on Tuesday in an attempt to curb channels claiming to have the exam paper for a repeat of a national medical entrance test in advance. The test was also hit last month by allegations of leaked papers that led to it being cancelled after millions had already sat the exam.
