Twitter Investigating Islamic State Death Threats Against Employees

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A Twitter account linked to the Islamic State, the extremist group also known as ISIS or ISIL, called out specific assassination targets in the U.S. for the first time Monday — specifically, Twitter employees. But the social media company isn't freaking out just yet.

"The time has arrived to respond to Twitter’s management by directly attacking their employees and physically assassinating them," read one of several threatening tweets from an account named @Dawlamoon. It added that the attack would be carried out "by the sleeper cells of death."

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