ISRO Clarifies Fake Social media accounts in the name of K. Sivan
By Samanth Lanka Published on 9 Sept 2019 5:35 PM IST
Hyderabad: Amidst fake social media accounts in the name of ISRO Chairman K Sivan ISROP officially confirms that K Sivan has no social media account.
ISRO in an official statement said that “It has been noted that social media accounts in the name of Kailasavadivoo Sivan (along with photographs of K. Sivan) are operational and active on social media platforms. This is to clarify that K. Sivan, Chairman, ISRO does not have any personal account on any social media platforms. Hence all the information on all such accounts is not authentic.”
The fake accounts are with K Sivan’s photograph as a profile picture so that users believe the account originally belongs to Sivan. This is the one among such fake accounts on twitter.
ISRO also tweeted the same on its official account.
It is noticed that accounts in the name of Kailasavadivoo Sivan is operational on many Social media. This is to clarify that Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO does not have any personal accounts.
For official accounts of ISRO, please see https://t.co/DKhLvUwK1P
— ISRO (@isro) September 9, 2019
