Former Twitter employees charged with spying on users for Saudi Arabia
Former Twitter employees charged with spying on users for Saudi Arabia The lawsuit comes as US-Saudi relations continue to suffer strains over the brutal, Riyadh-sanctioned murder one year ago of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi Current Affairs :Two previous Twitter workers and a third man were charged in San Francisco Federal Court with keeping an eye on Twitter clients disparaging of the Saudi regal family, the US Justice Department has reported. The two Saudi residents and one US resident supposedly cooperated to expose the possession subtleties behind dissenter Twitter accounts in the interest of the administration in Riyadh and the imperial family, the division said on Wednesday. As per a court documenting, they were guided by an anonymous Saudi authority who worked for somebody investigators assigned “Regal Family Member-1,” which The Washington Post announced was Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed canister Salman. Those charged were Twitter workers Ali Alzabarah and Ah...