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How news of a national emergency propagates across Twitter. (Even if it was fake). Since no IRB would ever allow a state to send a false nuclear attack message, this sidesteps that issue beautifully.

1:44 AM · May 12, 2019Twitter Web Client

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"Hello yes -- for my research project, I'd like to get the state to send out a fake ballistic missile attack message to everyone so I can study how it spreads across social media. Is there any ethics concerns with this?" IRB: "..... wut."