Twitter Allegedly “Turned a Blind Eye” Over Dissident’s Account Suspension

Twitter was sued on Monday in the Southern District of New York by plaintiff Ali Al-Ahmed, a political dissident, for suspending his account after Twitter employees were allegedly also working as spies to a foreign government and disclosed personal information of his to that foreign government; he claimed Twitter is “turning a blind eye” on this conduct and it is in violation of his contract with Twitter which he made when he created the account, the Stored Communications Act, and other statutes. The lawsuit arises from charges brought last year against Twitter employees accused of espionage.

The plaintiff “is one of the leading political dissidents to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereinafter ‘KSA’) who resides, and has been granted asylum in, the United States.” He asserted that Twitter “failed to properly safeguard Plaintiff’s account, and as a result, personal and highly sensitive information was disclosed to third parties including, but not limited to, the KSA and its agents.” Furthermore, the plaintiff asserts that “[b]ecause of the tremendous wealth of key figures in KSA, major corporations, including Twitter, Inc., have enabled, collaborated with, aided and abetted, and turned a blind eye to KSA’s efforts to suppress, torture, falsely imprison, terrorize, and murder dissenters both within Saudi Arabia and around the world.”

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