Bomb suspect was reported for tweeting threats at a journalist

“So you like to make threats. We Unconquered Seminole Tribe will answer your threats. We have nice silent Air boat ride for u here on our land Everglades Swamp. We will see you 4 sure. Hug your loved ones real close every time you leave you [sic] home,” he tweeted…

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On Friday, after Sayoc was identified as the pipe bomb suspect, she shared a screenshot of an email showing that Twitter had determined that Sayoc’s tweet was within the boundaries of its terms of service when she reported it.

Reached for comment, a Twitter spokesperson declined, telling BuzzFeed News, “This is an ongoing law enforcement investigation. We do not have a comment.”

But on Friday evening, Twitter said in a statement that it “made a mistake” and that Sayoc’s tweet “clearly violated our rules and should have been removed.”

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