Twitter Sued Over Collusion With Saudi Arabia In Shutting Down Political Opposition Accounts

July 7 2020

Twitter has been sued for conspiring with the government of Saudi Arabia to shut down accounts of political opposition figures. The press release is below.

WASHINGTON, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –A blockbuster lawsuit has been filed against Twitter by the law firm of Gerstman Schwartz LLP in the Southern District of New York on behalf of the Executive Director of the Institute of Gulf Affairs Ali-Ahmed.

The lawsuit alleges that Twitter violated the Stored Communications Act by intentionally accessing Al-Ahmed’s stored messages without authorization. Under a blatant tortious invasion of privacy, Twitter suspended the accounts of Al-Ahmed and many of his 36,000 followers and sent their confidential information and direct messages to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

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