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Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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"Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada"

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[–] drdabbles 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That took much less time than I expected.

[–] theyoyomaster 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, only 9 years to get caught and brought public.

[–] aidan -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is about Twitter during 2014 and 2015, long before Elon

[–] drdabbles 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, from when the "spies" were found working there. The accusation that Twitter had knowledge of what they were doing wasn't originally part of the case. The suit was only filed just over a year ago, and now Twitter has officially been added.