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Nowhere left for cheats to hide

Patrick Devaney

Patrick Devaney

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Have you ever been annoyed as a teacher has taken your phone from you just as you entered an exam hall? This is a modern phenomenon, it wasn’t long before phones could only call and not much longer before you only had them in your house, but these days it is a regular occurrence. Smartphones put the power of the internet in our pockets, and accordingly, they’re incredible tools for cheating on exams.

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Nowhere left for cheats to hide

So some teachers take phones, but in Algeria, they’ve gone one further. To prevent people from cheating on exams, they cut off internet access across the country from June 20 to June 25. The hardline stance comes after high school exams were leaked online back in 2016. Last year social media was banned, but this year they’ve gone one further and cut off the whole internet.

Internet on lockdown

Internet services will be switched off for two to three hours a day once exams get started, but Facebook will be off for the entire period. Clearly, this story can still go further, and we’ll wait and see what happens next year.

Patrick Devaney

Patrick Devaney

Patrick Devaney is a news reporter for Softonic, keeping readers up to date on everything affecting their favorite apps and programs. His beat includes social media apps and sites like Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, YouTube, and Snapchat. Patrick also covers antivirus and security issues, web browsers, the full Google suite of apps and programs, and operating systems like Windows, iOS, and Android.

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