Here’s Why You Probably Shouldn’t Tweet Terroristic Threats To Airlines
By Rob Fee
I know I’m fortunate that the internet wasn’t around when I was 14 years old because I would have done some stupid things, but this would not have been one of them. A twitter user by the name of Demetria was apparently bored and decided to tweet a fake terror threat to American Airlines. Turns out they take those things quite seriously, as she soon found out:
Omfg I’m so stupid I’m scared pic.twitter.com/StOLw5nKn9
— demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
That’s never good. As soon she got the response, she began trying to dig her way out in the worst ways possible:
I’m not gonna tell my parents, they’ll tell me to delete my acc omg that would be the end of my life — demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
I always wanted to be famous, but I meant like Demi Lovato famous, not Osama bin laden famous
— demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
I skipped school one day, does that make me a terrorist? @AmericanAir — demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
My terrorist tweet is in my bio lol
— demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
My account got hacked okay I didn’t tweet anything — demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
As a result her account went from 3,000 followers to over 30,000 much to her delight. After a few hours it seemed as though she thought that she should try to actually explain the tweet. It may be more absurd than her initial tweet:
Okay guys this is the truth (cont) pic.twitter.com/lGNvzBIh90
— demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
(Cont) second part pic.twitter.com/05P0EA8Its
— demetria (@QueenDemetriax_) April 13, 2014
So just to explain, she wrote the tweet and decided to stick it in the old draft folder so she could workshop it or something. Then, without realizing it, she unknowingly opened the app, went to her draft folder, scrolled down to that particular tweet, opened it, and then clicked send. Sure thing. Remember kids, if you think it might be a bad idea, don’t post it on the internet. That goes double for posing as a terrorist.
UPDATE: The girl’s account has been suspended. Her apology claimed that she had written the tweet and saved it to her draft folder a month ago, only to accidentally send it when she wasn’t even using the app. In addition, the twitter account for the Rotterdam, Netherlands’ Police posted this tweet:
Dutch girl (14) from Rotterdam arrested after American Airlines threat. Investigation continues. #Rotterdam #Police #Force @americanair
— Politie Rotterdam eo (@Politie_Rdam) April 14, 2014