Claims: Telegram founder accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks

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1. title: Telegram founder accuses Meta of sabotaging access in India with BGP hijacks (alleges; supported) Source
2. url: https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/06/19/telegram-founder-accuses-meta-of-sabotaging-access-in-india-with-bgp-hijacks/5258866 (alleges; supported) Source
3. summary: The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has suggested Meta might be using its investment in Indian telco Jio to sabotage the messaging service. Durov dropped his theory on X, writing: "Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking." Such attacks see miscreants publish inaccurate routing announcements that associate a service with the wrong IP address. Because routers share info with each othe… (alleges; supported) Source
4. published: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0200 (alleges; supported) Source