[O__________O]

Yes, this most like is what happened, linked to a news source here to independently support this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33106622

[jstarfish]

This stinks of false-flag psyops.

A guy is quietly abducted by an authoritarian regime.

Naturally, the smart response would be for "activists" to "help" him by erasing all public record of his existence.

[O__________O]

Please feel free to provide evidence of how deleting the accounts has made anyone less safe.

[bhelkey]

Folks use Twitter for tweets and for DMs. I have no knowledge here but this could be an attempt to remove all private messages.