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October 15, 2021 09:21 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22728121/human-rights-activist-suing-twitter-saudi-spies
Human rights activist suing Twitter for allegedly giving Saudi spies access to his info
A Saudi human rights activist has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, alleging that the company hired two people who spied on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia and accessed his personal information.
Ali Al-Ahmed, head of the human rights advocacy organization Institute for Gulf Affairs, has frequently been critical of the Saudi government. Twitter, Al-Ahmed claims, did not have the right to disclose or share his private information under its own privacy policy and should have done more to protect his information. He names two men in the suit who were indicted last year (.pdf) by federal prosecutors for working as agents of the Saudi government while working for Twitter several years ago.
Al-Ahmed also claims in the lawsuit that his...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22728121/human-rights-activist-suing-twitter-saudi-spies
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