Lawsuit: Twitter helped Saudi Arabia crack down on dissent – By Karah Rucker (Straight Arrows News) / Sept 6, 2023
Saudi Arabia has reportedly used Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formally Twitter to prosecute people expressing their dissent over the government, using tweets as evidence to sentence some citizens to death. A lawsuit filed earlier in 2023 alleges Twitter helped the Saudi government send its citizens to prison over anti-government rhetoric that they posted online.
Allegations added to the lawsuit outline ties between Saudi Arabia and Twitter under former CEO Jack Dorsey. The lawsuit was first filed back in May.
Allegations in the lawsuit stem from incidents that occurred prior to Musk taking over the company.
The lawsuit was filed by Areej al-Sadhan, the sister of a man who was “disappeared” by the government and later sentenced to 20 years in prison based on tweets he made that were critical of the government.
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