"Don't ban #Telegram," students in India urged on social media.
Following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on August 24 in Paris over his app's moderation policies which reportedly include failure to prevent criminal activities on the platform, rumours prevailed that the messenger application could be banned in India.
With the rumours spreading fast, many students tweeted that the app is their primary source for study materials, coaching classes and students even called the app a “library”.
Meanwhile, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is investigating the matter. And it was reported by Hindustan Times that the final decision would be based on the investigation's outcomes.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), a MBBS student (@epicnephrin_e) called the app her library.
Another medical student expressed grief that they would lose out on the group consisting of over 40,000 members including faculty and students.
Another medico pointed out that all their study material is exchanged through the app.
Joining the boat of “Don't ban Telegram”, a Chartered Accountancy (CA) student said this:
Meanwhile, there were several others who raised a valid point that many are benefitting from it and hence, it shouldn't be banned. Here are there tweets:
Even a meme featuring superstar Rajinikanth was made to express how students felt about the speculations around Telegram’s ban.
