Topic: 17-year-old Bitcoiner faces prison for tweeting about... You guessed it! Bitcoin - page 6. (Read 8580 times)

i believe the actual number of people joining these so called 'terrorist ' groups is very small ,

it is likely a disinformation stream being put out by 3 letter government agencies who want to continue to justify war and other crimes -- popularized by mainstream and even non mainstream media as real so it must be real of course .....

also if you research carefully you can see traces of many known so called terrorist organizations with 'strange' things at their time of start up..... 

some of them may have been started by intelligence agencies of the US or other nations

a honeypot

they justify this by saying , well there are some real crazy people out there that will want to form a group

let's form our own group for them to join before they form their own

then we can at least keep an eye on these 'people'   


if you examine world history this has happened over and over and over in various places and ways

just a newer media sensationilized version of old old school psy op


finally, even the fbi admitted recently that they have yet to foil any true terrorist plot since 9/11

everything they foiled was a sting operation set up by them



just think long and hard about what a terrorist is defined in the dictionary as and what the fbi calls one

there are terrorists out there , no doubt ,

most americans are so busy trying to work to pay their bills and logging into facebook to waste time they cant even look away from their phone or job long enough to do anything


think of who the real terrorists are

think of who has benefited most --- financially and in power grabs ---- since the war on terror

99% of Americans need to carry around a jar of smelling salts to wake up to what is happening

Wow, that looks like American hero John McWar! What he he doing in the company of such bad men? 

Surprised to see that this thread from a while back hasn't been mentioned yet:


In that thread, most of the discussion was theoretical in nature. The same information was being discussed, but it all depends on how the information is framed. There's a fine line between simply discussing things in a general manner and directly aiding ISIS by providing technical support. In both cases, the information could perceived as being beneficial to ISIS but only in the latter case are the actual intentions of the author made clear and obvious.

Also, reading further down the page it seems that this teen took a step further than merely providing information about how Bitcoin could be used for the benefit of ISIS:

This entire problem could be solved if Twitter would simply get off their lazy asses and create word filters. They have computer coders that are intelligent enough so that tweets containing the word "bitcoin" can be filtered when used in conjunction with "terrorist related" text content.

That's nothing at all what this kid did.  Take a look at the article.  It wasn't even a mere description of how ISIL could use BTC to their advantage.  It was more like a, "Hey, *nudge nudge*, here's your "how-to" guide, and I even convinced this other dude I know to come join you guys!"

Tweet a link to bitcoin.org, go to prison?

The rest of the world calls the U.S. an imperialistic empire, I just say we're a tad racist but working on it.  Haha, could not stop laughing.

I truly laughed out loud at your post, sir.  Thank you for making my day, sick as it is.

I just heard the news say that he had a contact in Isis and was recruiting and taking donations for them. I love a good conspiracy as much as the next guy but it sounds like he really is guilty.

Yeah...some journalists are bound to start veering towards irrelevancy.  Still, this new reference doesn't seem to spin much, either.  The first half you mention is a direct quote from the kid's posting.  The second half arguably starts fueling one's imagination, but I'd say it also (arguably) doesn't.  It's information that highlights that his tweet wasn't a one-time promotion, and that he sought alternative avenues to distribute his information.

However, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few truly-sensationalist articles come from this event.

I'm curious:  In your opinion, how slanted to you personally believe these articles are?

Edit:  If you want to read some slant, check out my BTC Mag article on early payment processors 

if you ask me, I would put EVERY PERSON who supports IS, in Europe/US/no matter where, into a plane and parachute them over IS controlled territory

that would eliminate the danger for us, and at the same time teach them an excellent lesson

putting them in jail or stopping them from leaving is idiotic, we are just creating time bombs....let them go...one way ticket to IS land  

Don't worry, the other periodicals with pick up the mantle: http://fusion.net/story/149244/teen-who-tried-to-give-isis-bitcoin-advice-pleads-guilty-to-supporting-terror/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=thisisfusion&hootPostID=0c30f1d9d59b1b6e1963372f01d33f25

It would have been worse if he had aided and abetted them by providing them with weapons and money.

What charges should be brought against those that do that?

Obviously, somebody doesn't know the OP.

Those loons probably have enough $$$ from the US government, no need for them to worry about collecting a few satoshis from wannabe jihadists.

The focus of this article is hardly about Bitcoin.  I do not see any spin whatsoever being cast about Bitcoin.  There's nothing here that intentionally casts BTC in a negative light, and omitting any mention of BTC would necessarily omit from the article the reasons for which the boy was actually charged.

The article is about an ISIL sympathizer who tried to directly provide information that could be used to propel terrorists activities using social media.  That's it.

The kid was trying to help them (in his own mind), but that's not where those lunatics receive the real help.

He wasn't charged for using or talking about Bitcoin. He was charged for aiding and abetting a "terrorist" organization.

He's muslim, so it's more like
"tried as an adult black muslim male"

Oh boy, he has no chance of getting out of this mess.

OP, is guys like you that make Bitcoiners seem like whinny cultists.
He's giving ideas to terrorists in how to fund their killings. He would have faced prison if he told them to use Kickstarter. You are stretching this way too much.
But yeah prison is too much, specially for some dumb teen.