The services of messaging platform Telegram are set to go up from Tuesday with the corrective re-examination of the national medical entrance test successfully completed on Sunday, officials told ET. However, the app must disable its message editing feature till June 30, they added.
The ministry of electronics and information technology's (MeitY) temporary ban on the UAE-based platform is the latest flashpoint in a series of standoffs over the past few years, which has now culminated in the Centre terming the platform a 'new dark web.'
From mounting takedown orders for pirated content, and investigations into criminal syndicates for gambling, and allegation of national security risks such as terror networking, ET looks at Telegram's history of clashing with authorities in India to protect its encryption model and safeguard its service in its largest national market globally.
