We’ve been asked by several of our readers about claims that the UK’s emergency alert system, which was tested on Sunday, was “created by” or “subcontracted to” Infosys, the Indian multinational IT company founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law.
This is not true. A government spokesperson told Full Fact: “This is completely untrue – there are no connections with Infosys in the running of the Emergency Alerts system.”
A spokesperson for Infosys also said: “Infosys has not been involved, directly or indirectly, in the creation of the UK government emergency alert system.”
The claim has also gone viral on Twitter, perhaps most notably shared by the Twitter account for fictional comedic news reporter Jonathon Pie.
So let me just get this…
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