Earlier this morning, the Twitter accounts for Sony Music Global and Bob Dylan announced that troubled pop singer Britney Spears had died. But thankfully, it turns out that she’s still with us, and rather had fallen victim of a cruel hoax. So, what happened? A few hours ago, the Sony Music Global account tweeted ‘RIP @Britney Spears’ with the #RIPBritney hashtag. This was followed up with another cryptic message that said she is ‘dead by accident [sic]’, and more information would follow soon. This had many people skeptical, as it didn’t look like it was written by a native English speaker,…

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