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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has defended its determination to temporarily artifact Telegram during the re-NEET introspection process, saying the messaging level was being extensively misused by fraudsters to circulate fake question papers and scam students.Speaking connected the contented to ANI, NTA Director General Abhishek Singh said the determination was indispensable to support candidates from being exploited by individuals claiming to person leaked NEET question papers.This measurement comes up of the NEET-UG re-examination scheduled to instrumentality spot connected June 21.
"We had to instrumentality this drastic measurement due to the fact that the level was continuously being misused by scamsters and fraudsters sharing fake question papers arsenic genuine question papers and trying to fool radical into paying for those question papers," Singh said.Over 200 channels blockedSingh said the NTA had held discussions with Telegram officials and requested stricter monitoring of groups falsely claiming to connection leaked NEET papers."We had a gathering with the Telegram officials and requested them to not let instauration of immoderate radical which intelligibly says that it's a NEET leak paper. We had to artifact 200 channels, but sometimes successful the clip taken by them to instrumentality action, immoderate radical get defrauded," helium said.
The NTA main besides referred to the May 3 NEET examination, which was aboriginal cancelled for unrelated reasons, saying immoderate Telegram channels had circulated misleading videos claiming the question insubstantial had been leaked successful advance."What we recovered was that determination were immoderate Telegram channels floating a video successful which they were showing the existent question insubstantial of May 3 arsenic being shared connected May 1," Singh said.Concerns beyond introspection fraudHighlighting broader concerns, Singh said reports had linked Telegram to respective forms of amerciable enactment beyond exam-related scams."There are important reports astir misuse of the Telegram level for different crimes, drugs, crypto, fake concern advice, prostitution and kid intersexual abuse. This has been done successful the involvement of examinations," helium said.The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) ordered the regularisation nether Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, moving connected recommendations from the National Testing Agency (NTA).The artifact is time-bound. Access stays restricted until June 22, covering exam time and its contiguous aftermath. In a abstracted direction, Telegram has been told to disable its message-editing diagnostic successful India until June 30.
