Liberal pollster Mark Textor has quit Twitter after receiving death threats over his controversial posts about Indonesia's response to the phone-tapping revelations.

Mr Textor reportedly said there were "too many death threats" and "it's not worth the oxygen", according to one tweet.

Backlash: Mark Textor. Credit:Domino Postiglione

His official Twitter account, @markatextor, was deleted before the same name was assumed by a hoax account.

The managing director and co-founder of lobbying firm CrosbyTextor provoked a public backlash on Wednesday after he posted a series of racially-loaded tweets about top Indonesian government figures.