Meredith WadmanTwitter has suspended the account of MeTooSTEM founder BethAnn McLaughlin after allegations emerged that the former Vanderbilt University neuroscientist fabricated the Twitter account of an apparently nonexistent female Native American anthropologist at Arizona State University.
McLaughlin announced on 31 July that the woman supposedly behind the account, @Sciencing_Bi, had died after a COVID-19 infection.
The company has also suspended that pseudonymous account.A detailed accounting of McLaughlin’s recent actions was published by Heavy.com.
The episode began when McLaughlin issued a series of tweets on Friday memorializing @Sciencing_Bi, including: “She was a fierce protector of people” and “I wanted to go out there so bad.