German foreign ministry backtracks after sense of humour failure

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Forced to delete tweet and apologise for contribution to mildly off-colour meme.

German foreign ministry backtracks after sense of humour failure
Social media can be a minefield for the strait-laced world of diplomacy, as the German Foreign Office just found out, when it was forced to delete a tweet and apologise for its contribution to a mildly off-colour Twitter meme. The meme was the hashtag #SeduceSomeonein4Words. Submissions on ...

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