The Islamic State Wants To Kill 'The Messenger'

Last month's threats came from the now-suspended account of Al Musra Al Maqdisia, an ISIS-linked group

Twitter CEO Reveals ISIS Has Threatened To Kill Him After Site Shut Down Jihadist Accounts -- Daily Mail

* Dick Costolo said site shuts down accounts linked to terrorist organizations
* CEO said both he and his employees has received threats of assassination
* Spoke of challenges balancing free and open speech against wider concerns
* ISIS has been using social media including Twitter to spread its message

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has revealed that he and his staff have received death threats from ISIS after the site shut down accounts being used by the terrorist organization.

He said that when Twitter found out the extremist group was using the site to spread news it would regularly shut down the jihadist accounts - prompting the assassination threats.

Mr Costolo said: 'After we started suspending their accounts, some folks affiliated with the organization used Twitter to declare that employees of Twitter and their management should be assassinated.

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Update: ISIS has threatened Twitter employees: CEO -- New York Post

My Comment: Any bets that security has been "beefed up" at Twitter?