Abdulrahman criticized the Saudi regime on Twitter, and his anonymous account was allegedly exposed by former Twitter employees who collaborated with the Saudi government to silence him.
Areaage, a US citizen, claims she herself has been harassed, threatened and attacked by the Saudi government since she spoke on behalf of her brother. It is stated that Abdulrahman, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the case, disappeared in a short time. The Saudi government barred him from meeting his family or accessing a lawyer.
The lawsuit alleges that Twitter’s 2015 privacy policy, which stated that users’ private information would not be shared, potentially misled Abdulrahman into believing his tweets would never be disclosed. But in 2019, former Twitter employees were accused of spying on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government, transmitting private user data and violating Twitter’s confidentiality agreement.
The Areij lawsuit alleges that former employees illegally handed over sensitive information, including names, dates of birth, and device IDs, linked to nearly 6,000 accounts critical of the Saudi regime.
Twitter’s employees are expected to claim to be operating covertly, but the complaint alleges that the FBI warned Twitter about Saudi espionage in 2015, suggesting that the company may have turned a blind eye to it because of its financial interests in the Saudi market. .
Source: Ferra
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