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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.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Monday August 31 2015, @01:42PM
Military prisons for captured enemy (and law-breakers) are very common. Every little fob probably has one. It could just be a circle of concertina wire. You can call up your support and the detainee will be shuffled along until they reach a large facility. Biggest i saw as around 10,000 detainees. A place in middle of the desert and run by the USAF. They were tried by their own Judges based on information and evidence gathered during their capture. Some went free (time served), some stayed in there for seemingly forever, some went to a civilian prison (as close to their home as possible). The process was overseen by ICRC.
Just because my personal experiences are different than your second-hand experiences that doesn't mean that yours are wrong. But the motives (the "Why?") are indeed incorrect which makes the "What" very suspect.
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