Dutch Teenagers twitter joke goes wrong... Quite badly!

[Manchester77]

I don't know if any of you have seen this but basically as a joke a teenage girl tweeted American Airlines (AA) implying she was a terrorist. AA replied saying that her IP Address and Details had been forwarded to the FBI and that they take threats very seriously. I then logged onto twitter earlier and saw that the girl had been arrested by Rotterdam police! Guess that'll be a lesson to everyone who thinks its 'funny' to threaten an airline!

See my attachment for her tweets and the reply:

 

[Qwerty133]

Bit far by the police IMHO, hope she is not charged with anything.

 

[Greenback]

It's about time people realised that Twitter is not some harmless toy that one can play with without fear of any consequences.

 

[91103eastcoast]

It's about time people realised that Twitter is not some harmless toy that one can play with without fear of any consequences.

Agreed. There are far too many people that seem to post stupid messages on social networking sites in the belief that it doesn't matter since it's not face to face communication.

 

[IanD]

Bit far by the police IMHO, hope she is not charged with anything.

And if they ignored it and it wasn't a joke? Some people are just thick as pigstuff. (Her, obviously, not you!)

 

[ralphchadkirk]

And if they ignored it and it wasn't a joke? Some people are just thick as pigstuff. (Her, obviously, not you!)

I don't suppose many terrorists pretend to be teenage girls from Holland to send their bomb warnings. Generally they're quite open when claiming credit for an attack.

 

[NSEFAN]

Some people are their own worst enemies.

 

[user15681]

I saw this yesterday right after she had done it and just shook my head. She seemed to think that they couldn't do anything about it. Unfortunately she's learnt the hard way.

I remember a few years ago, a young adult made a post (not directed at anyone, just to his friends) that he was going to America on holiday and that he was going to 'destroy it'. He had meant it in the sense that he was going to have a good time, party and enjoy himself, but the authorities had seen the post and put a marker next to his name. He was arrested as soon as he landed in America, refused entry and put under armed guard, before being returned home.

As a prolific Tweeter myself, I've seen a lot of people's mistakes on social networking sites. Some people just don't give a second though to the fact that it's not just friends and family that will see posts made, but employers and even the authorities/security services.

 

[Greenback]

When making 'jokes' like this at airports people have found how seriously the authorities take it. Why should Twitter be any different. It's not in very good taste and I hope that being talked to by the police will have helped the girl to learn a very valuable lesson.

 

[ExRes]

Excellent, maybe mummy and daddy will lock her ****terphone in the cupboard so she can't get in trouble again, doubt she'll be booking a holiday in the states for some years

 

[Qwerty133]

Sadly the accounts been suspended, so I can't look and see if it was a relatively new account or well established.
I agree that it should have been taken seriously, however when the police were able to confirm it was a 14 year old girl from holland behind the tweet, that should have been the end of the matter, except for a visit from the police with her parents present about the dangers and consequences of tweeting this kind of stuff.
However AFAIK no ridiculous fan girl has ever been arrested for death threats to (supposed) partners of their idols, and in my eye this is no worse than any of them tweets. I can't be bothered to find any at the moment, but I'm sure a search for any thing to with one direction will bring up many of said tweets.

 

[Greenback]

I say ban Twitter.

 

[IanD]

I don't suppose many terrorists pretend to be teenage girls from Holland to send their bomb warnings. Generally they're quite open when claiming credit for an attack.

There's always a first time and this could have been it. It still could be and the news stories about it really being a teenage Dutch girl could just be a smoke screen.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I'm reminded of a case a few years back now when someone made a heat of the moment comment towards an airport on Twitter, and it got as far as the High Court with people like Al Murray and Stephen Fry getting involved. Absolutely ridiculous.

However AFAIK no ridiculous fan girl has ever been arrested for death threats to (supposed) partners of their idols, and in my eye this is no worse than any of them tweets. I can't be bothered to find any at the moment, but I'm sure a search for any thing to with one direction will bring up many of said tweets.

Indeed, Jermaine Defoe received hundreds if not thousands of death threats when he took out Louis Tomlinson in a testimonial / charity game once; nothing ever came of that. Most of them were probably from 14 year old females too, and would have presumably been a lot more intended than the Dutch girl's comments here.

 

[Manchester77]

Sadly the accounts been suspended, so I can't look and see if it was a relatively new account or well established.

When I had a look last night I went far back in her tweets she had roughly 1500 tweets and most were fan posts about 'Demi Lovato' and 'Justin Bieber'. It seemed last night she didn't like all the notifications about people favouriting and retweeting her stupid tweet but liked all the new follows :roll:

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I say ban Twitter.

John McEnroe had a very good saying for things like this...

 

[Manchester77]

There's always a first time and this could have been it. It still could be and the news stories about it really being a teenage Dutch girl could just be a smoke screen.

I had to laugh when in one of her replies which was 'I promise I'm not bin laden I'm just a white girl'!

Last night she tweeted she 'always wanted to be famous like Demi Lovato (who I think is a singer) but not famous like Bin Laden'

 

[ralphchadkirk]

There's always a first time and this could have been it. It still could be and the news stories about it really being a teenage Dutch girl could just be a smoke screen.

The account who tweeted it had greater than 10k tweets, and greater than 1k followers before the incident. It was a stupid joke to make, but that's all it was. Perhaps a little advice from the police about how twitchy airlines are about these sorts of jokes, but it doesn't merit arresting her and it doesn't merit the outpour of condemnation from people who've probably made ill-advised jokes themselves.

As for your second point, I think finding MH370 in Diego Garcia is more likely than that.

 

[Manchester77]

Her opinions on the matter :roll:
Her life sounds hard (!)

 

[Tim R-T-C]

I love the reply - It was my friend not me, take her IP address. That's loyalty that is!

 

[Qwerty133]

I had to laugh when in one of her replies which was 'I promise I'm not bin laden I'm just a white girl'!

Last night she tweeted she 'always wanted to be famous like Demi Lovato (who I think is a singer) but not famous like Bin Laden'

Demi lavato is a singer (don't know any of her songs), and was a judge on the USA version of X factor IIRC.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

The account who tweeted it had greater than 10k tweets, and greater than 1k followers before the incident. It was a stupid joke to make, but that's all it was. Perhaps a little advice from the police about how twitchy airlines are about these sorts of jokes, but it doesn't merit arresting her and it doesn't merit the outpour of condemnation from people who've probably made ill-advised jokes themselves.

This, a million times. All this really does require is some form of authority (just a single policeman or even her parents etc) to remind her it's probably not the brightest thing in the world to say and to keep her nose clean, that's it. I am willing to bet every pound of money I ever earn in my life that everyone who reads this will have made a similar (perhaps not on the same topic) 'Oh my, why did I say that?' comment in their lifetime, just not on a means of communication as far reaching as Twitter. Calls to ban twitter just because of the occasional stupid comments is absolutely nonsensical. If someone comes onto any website and makes a similar poor joke do we ban that too? Where is a line drawn, and who decides?

 

[Manchester77]

Demi lavato is a singer (don't know any of her songs), and was a judge on the USA version of X factor IIRC.

Thanks I guess the users name (@queendemitra) is related to her then.

 

[Greenback]

John McEnroe had a very good saying for things like this...

I know the one...

'I fully agree, sir, and that's the most sensible suggestion I've ever heard'

 

[Geezertronic]

There isn't much difference between this and prank calling an airport to say the same thing. Both should be dealt with in the same manner and if they make an example of her, then that's a hard lesson for her. Whatever possessed her to do something so stupid is beyond me...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I say ban Twitter.

Certain more mature minded individuals will have no truck with Twitter, Facebook and the like and can live their lives quite easily without the need for such. Modern technology is quite useful but not the essential part of life that marketing organisations would have everyone believe to be the case in order to market certain products.

 

[Minilad]

I'm reminded of a case a few years back now when someone made a heat of the moment comment towards an airport on Twitter, and it got as far as the High Court with people like Al Murray and Stephen Fry getting involved. Absolutely ridiculous.



Indeed, Jermaine Defoe received hundreds if not thousands of death threats when he took out Louis Tomlinson in a testimonial / charity game once; nothing ever came of that. Most of them were probably from 14 year old females too, and would have presumably been a lot more intended than the Dutch girl's comments here.

It was Gabby Agbonlahor in a game at Celtic Park. And it caused no end of mirth. Gabby had somewhere in the region of 30000 tweets over it. Apparently they were all going to turn up at Villa's next home game and kill him
Needless to say none did. Although if they had I'm not sure if we would have noticed the effect it had on his playing ability

 

[Jones]

She is well and truly in the S**t!

This will not end well for her.

 

[crispy1978]

Over 1,000 very sad people retweeted her post.....

 

[Qwerty133]

It was Gabby Agbonlahor in a game at Celtic Park. And it caused no end of mirth. Gabby had somewhere in the region of 30000 tweets over it. Apparently they were all going to turn up at Villa's next home game and kill him
Needless to say none did. Although if they had I'm not sure if we would have noticed the effect it had on his playing ability

Have to say I'd have given him player of the year for that
Any directionors or whatever you call yourselves, come and get me but please get a decent taste in music on the way
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Over 1,000 very sad people retweeted her post.....

Unless you check each and every profile, some could have been retweeting it as context for one of their own tweets or just to criticise.