Some Twitter employees have reportedly locked their accounts fearing reprisal from ***** supporters

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Some Twitter employees have set their accounts to private and scrubbed their online biographies over concerns they may be targeted by supporters of President *****, the New York Times reported. In addition, some Twitter executives have been assigned personal security as the company reckons with its decision to bar one of its loudest voices.

*****’s @realDonaldTrump account was permanently suspended from Twitter January 8th, “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter said in its statement. The president told supporters at a rally just before an attack on the Capitol January 6th they would “have to show strength,” and “fight much harder,” encouraging them to walk down to the Capitol. ***** tweeted that Vice President…

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