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X, formerly known as Twitter, is accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit serious human rights violations against its users. This is stated in a revised civil lawsuit in the United States.
Recently, the company has already been accused without proof of supporting Saudi Arabia, due to the fact that the country is a major investor in the social network, but now the story is overgrown with new details and actors.
According to a lawsuit filed last May by the sister of Saudi volunteer Arij al-Sadhan, who was forcibly abducted and sentenced to 20 years in prison, Company X disclosed confidential user data at the request of the Saudi authorities significantly more often than at requests from the United States, Great Britain or Canada.
The lawsuit was also prompted by the infiltration of Twitter by three Saudi agents in 2014, two of whom posed as active employees of the company, which led to the disclosure of the identities of thousands of anonymous users of the platform, some of whom were subsequently detained and tortured as part of the Saudi government's crackdown on dissent.
The updated lawsuit alleges that Twitter, under the leadership of Jack Dorsey, deliberately ignored or even was aware of the Saudi authorities ' campaign to identify dissidents, but for financial reasons provided assistance to the state.
The lawyers of the detained volunteer are confident in their case, but most of all, his sister wants to simply release her brother, rather than seek justice and justice. The lawyers promised to withdraw their claim when Al-Sadhan was released.
X, formerly known as Twitter, is accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit serious human rights violations against its users. This is stated in a revised civil lawsuit in the United States.
Recently, the company has already been accused without proof of supporting Saudi Arabia, due to the fact that the country is a major investor in the social network, but now the story is overgrown with new details and actors.
According to a lawsuit filed last May by the sister of Saudi volunteer Arij al-Sadhan, who was forcibly abducted and sentenced to 20 years in prison, Company X disclosed confidential user data at the request of the Saudi authorities significantly more often than at requests from the United States, Great Britain or Canada.
The lawsuit was also prompted by the infiltration of Twitter by three Saudi agents in 2014, two of whom posed as active employees of the company, which led to the disclosure of the identities of thousands of anonymous users of the platform, some of whom were subsequently detained and tortured as part of the Saudi government's crackdown on dissent.
The updated lawsuit alleges that Twitter, under the leadership of Jack Dorsey, deliberately ignored or even was aware of the Saudi authorities ' campaign to identify dissidents, but for financial reasons provided assistance to the state.
The lawyers of the detained volunteer are confident in their case, but most of all, his sister wants to simply release her brother, rather than seek justice and justice. The lawyers promised to withdraw their claim when Al-Sadhan was released.
