Could a Tweet Start a Thousand Wars?

Residents of Yokohama, Japan may have been a bit surprised today when they saw the city’s official Twitter account broadcasting that “North Korea has launched a missile.” The erroneous tweet went out to 40,000 followers with about 3,000 retweets before the city took down the original tweet and apologized for its mistake.

Global tensions are high due to North Korea’s threat of nuclear weapons and Japan is readying its Patriot missiles to fend off real missile attacks from North Korea.

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