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posted by martyb on Monday August 31 2015, @09:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the time-to-start-torrenting-on-a-gigabit-connection dept.

PC World reports on the story of an American teenager who has been sentenced to eleven years in jail and who will have his Internet use monitored by the government for the rest of his life.

His crime was to assume that his Constitutionally-protected Freedom of Speech included posting pro-ISIS messages on Twitter and other social media.

"Today's sentencing demonstrates that those who use social media as a tool to provide support and resources to ISIL will be identified and prosecuted with no less vigilance than those who travel to take up arms with ISIL," said U.S. Attorney Dana Boente...

[Ali Shukri Amin] created the Twitter account @AmreekiWitness in 2014, and used it to provide advice and encouragement to ISIS and its supporters, according to court documents. At one point the account had over 4,000 followers. He also helped other ISIS supporters who sought to travel to Syria to join the group, according to the Justice Department.

The question that Soylentils should ask is, "What groups do I belong to that someone in government might decide are 'terrorist', and am I at risk for speaking out?"

The Canadian government for instance has come within a hair of declaring prominent environmental groups to be terrorists.


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:34AM (#230078)

    I'm always here, self. Now shut up I'm singing karaoke in your head and I hope it's annoying.

    Thank you for being a friend.
    Travel down the road and back again.
    Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant.
    And if you threw a party,
    invited everyone you knew.
    You would see the biggest gift would be from me
    and the card attached would say,
    thank you for being a friend.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:41AM (#230080)

    oh god. Can't you sing something more recent?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:52AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:52AM (#230083)

      Sure I can!

      Whenever you need me
      I'm right there with you
      Whenever there's something you wanna redo
      The clock is ticking but not for me
      I'm living in a different reality
      Whenever, whatever, wherever
      I'm right there with you

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:56AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:56AM (#230085)

        Did you just become Little Sister?

        • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:58AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @10:58AM (#230086)

          Hahahaha! I'm a teenager again. Oh crap. I'm late for school. Arrrrgh. Growth spurt is making me hungry. What's for breakfast?

          • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @11:02AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2015, @11:02AM (#230091)

            Well let's see we have protein bars and Crystal Light.