Rosanna Arquette Says FBI Told Her to 'Lock' Twitter Account After Blowback From White 'Shame' Tweet

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Actress Rosanna Arquette said Thursday the FBI advised her to make her Twitter account private after online critics lambasted her on Wednesday for tweeting that she was ashamed of being "white and privileged."

Arquette, in an exclusive response to TheWrap, expanded on her comments and explained why she is now hiding tweets from anyone that is not among her 90,000 followers. "Yes I'm locked to protect myself -- I was told by FBI to lock it up," she said, declining to expand to requests for more detail on the FBI's role in her decision.

Several reps for the FBI did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment. A Twitter rep did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment on if any users had been punished for comments directed at Arquette.

In her statement to TheWrap, Arquette detailed the "threatening and cruel" online response to her Wednesday tweet.

"There are toxic and very vicious people on social media. Threatening and cruel," Arquette said. "I said yesterday the I am ashamed of the color of my skin. I am privileged just because I'm white. I feel shame. Because of all the violence that is happening in America and other racist countries."

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1. I am sure she is far from alone.