“He has threatened to reveal my identity putting me and my family at great personal risk,” @AmyMek tweeted on Thursday. “But it’s MUCH worse than you can imagine …”Mr. O’Brien, whose phone number is listed in his Twitter profile, heard from her supporters immediately, he said. “I was getting threatening calls as I was finishing my story,” he said. “This actually does lead to real violence — that’s my real fear,” Mr. O’Brien said Monday. Twitter suspended his account for several hours, viewing the language as a threat, he said.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2018 09:00 UTC