Facebook involuntarily announced a country is at war

Manila : Facebook's decision to wish their Filipino users on their Independence day apparently backfired when they used the country's national flag upside down - red on top, and blue on the bottom, rather than blue on top and red on the bottom.

The actual issue turns out to be that the Philippines does in fact use an upside down flag - but only when they are at war.

According to Philippine law, the flag is only showed with red on top during war.

Facebook took the banner down after people started focusing out they hadn't understood a war had started overnight.

A Facebook representative told the Philippine Star: "This was accidental, and we’re sorry."

“We care deeply about the community in the Philippines and, in an attempt to connect people on Independence Day, we made a mistake.”

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