“Lawsuit says network discloses user data at request of Saudi authorities at much higher rate than for US, UK and Canada”

  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    EM used Saudi money to buy the shithole and you think they won’t want something in return?

    They certainly don’t expect to be paid in profits…

  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    It centers on the events surrounding the infiltration of the California company by three Saudi agents, two of whom were posing as Twitter employees in 2014 and 2015, which ultimately led to the arrest of al-Sadhan’s brother, Abdulrahman, and the exposure of the identity of thousands of anonymous Twitter users, some of whom were later reportedly detained and tortured as part of the government’s crackdown on dissent.

    The cost of non-private social media

  • ameliawilliams@leminal.space
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    1 year ago

    I stopped using Twitter when Musk took over. I kept my account for a while but recently I logged in, saw a bunch of alt-right transphobia and racism, and then deleted my account.