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Jack Dorsey, the chief executive, had reservations about locking the president’s account. But the calls for violence that his tweets provoked were too overwhelming.

The president threatened “serious force” if protesters tried to set up an autonomous zone in Washington, D.C., as they have in Seattle.

While many in the country abhor the kind of harassment Hana Kimura endured before her apparent suicide, some warn that cracking down on it could also chill rising internet activism.

Inside the company, one faction wanted Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief, to take a hard line against the president’s tweets while another urged him to remain hands-off.

President Trump’s taking aim at Twitter for fact-checking his tweets is part of a long tradition upheld by aggrieved internet trolls. The stakes are high.

After the social media company labeled two of the president’s tweets as inaccurate on Tuesday, his adherents pounced.

The social media company came under fire — again — for not removing Mr. Trump’s posts that contain falsehoods.

The labeled messages will not be removed from the service, the company said, because they are a matter of public interest.