16/06/2026
Pixelvise's Statement on the Telegram Blackout
Pixelvise unequivocally condemns the nationwide restriction imposed on Telegram in India.
As a company serving clients across the United States, Europe, and other international markets, we have been forced to open dedicated Slack channels for our U.S. clients to maintain business continuity and ensure uninterrupted communication.
This disruption was not caused by businesses.
It was not caused by entrepreneurs.
It was not caused by international clients.
It was not caused by the millions of ordinary users who rely on Telegram every day for legitimate communication.
Yet they are the ones paying the price.
The Indian government has a responsibility to protect the integrity of national examinations. If examination papers were leaked, that represents a failure of the systems, controls, and institutions responsible for securing them.
That failure does not belong to the public.
That failure does not belong to businesses.
That failure does not belong to millions of Telegram users.
The question that remains unanswered is this:
Who will take responsibility for the economic damage caused by this decision?
Who will take responsibility for disrupted client relationships, delayed projects, interrupted operations, lost revenue, and the countless businesses forced to scramble for alternatives overnight?
An examination paper is not leaked by a messaging platform.
It is leaked by individuals who gained access to information they should never have been able to obtain.
Blaming the platform while failing to address the root cause is not accountability.
It is deflection.
A blanket blackout affecting millions of people who had absolutely no involvement in the matter is a disproportionate response to a failure that originated elsewhere.
When institutions fail to secure an examination, the answer is not to restrict communication for an entire nation.
The answer is to identify those responsible, prosecute those involved, and fix the systems that allowed the breach to occur in the first place.
Millions of citizens, professionals, and businesses should not be treated as collateral damage for failures that were not their own.
India’s technology sector, startup ecosystem, freelancers, agencies, and globally connected businesses depend on reliable communication infrastructure. Decisions that undermine that reliability damage confidence, disrupt commerce, and send the wrong message to international partners who expect stability and accountability.
The responsibility for protecting examinations belongs to the government.
The responsibility for preventing leaks belongs to the government.
The responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the examination process belongs to the government.
When those responsibilities are not met, the solution cannot be to impose the consequences on millions of innocent users.
Accountability begins where the failure occurred.
Craig Gomes
CEO & Founder
Pixelvise
