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April 14, 2014 09:08 pm GMT

Teen Arrested After Tweeting Terror Threat to American Airlines

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How much are those Twitter followers really worth?

A 14-year-old girl from the Netherlands was arrested on Monday after tweeting a terror threat to American Airlines — and marveling at the Twitter followers that she attracted because of it.

See also: Man Jailed After Threatening President Obama on Twitter

"Hello my name's Ibrahim and I'm from Afghanistan. I'm part of Al Qaida and on June 1st I'm gonna do something really big bye," she tweeted to @AmericanAir on Sunday, using a Twitter account mostly dedicated to the American pop star Demi Lovato. The airline responded that it "takes these threats seriously" and would report her tweet and IP address — not information the airline would actually have access to — to the FBI. Read more...

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