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In January 2020, as many young people started to worry about the potential of a third world war in the wake of a U.S. drone strike that killed Iran Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a text message started making its way around claiming the U.S. Army was re-starting the military draft. The text message, which was ostensibly sent by the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion, informed recipients they had been selected for the draft, and that they should visit their nearest military branch as soon as possible: The military draft has not been re-started, and these messages were not sent out by the Army. U.S. Army Recruiting Command put out a statement on Jan. 7, 2020, explaining that these text messages were fraudulent. The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College wrote on Twitter that The U.S. Army is NOT contacting anyone regarding the draft. Searches for terms such as draft age spiked on Google after Soleimani's death on Jan. 3, 2020. This trepidation provided a ripe opportunity for satirist and hoaxers to push out misinformation. The Selective Service, the agency that would be responsible for conducting a new draft, put out a statement on Twitter saying no military draft would occur unless the Congress and U.S. president passed legislation:
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