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Ali Ahmed Contacts in Saudi Arabia Being Disappeared
Saudi Arabia imprisoned an aid worker for running an anti-government Twitter page. His sister says it shows MBS is testing Biden's pledge to be tough on the kingdom.
The New Republic: Twitter Is Enabling Saudi Arabia’s Brutal Crackdown on Dissent
The jailing of a dissident and two lawsuits reveal Twitter’s complicity with MBS’s dictatorship.
Twitter Allegedly “Turned a Blind Eye” Over Dissident’s Account Suspension
KIRSTEN ERRICK
JUNE 30, 2020
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…
Twitter dragged into intra-Saudi feud
June 30, 2020
Twitter has been dragged into the Washington feud pitting Saudi dissident Ali al-Ahmed against the government of Saudi Arabia and its US agents. Ahmed, the director of the now-dormant Institute for Gulf Affairs in…
Twitter sued for allegedly conspiring with Saudi Arabia government to shut down dissenting voices
Didi Rankovic
July 1, 2020
Twitter is being sued for allegedly conspiring with Saudi authorities by blocking accounts of its critics, a law firm handling the case on behalf of the plaintiff has announced.
Ali al-Ahmed, director of…
Lawsuit Claims Twitter Turns ‘Blind Eye’ to Saudi Torture, Suppression
Brigette Honaker
July 1, 2020
A Saudi Arabian journalist recently hit Twitter with a lawsuit claiming the social media platform ignores Saudi Arabia’s suppression of dissenters.
Plaintiff Ali Al-Ahmed is an activist, journalist and…
Lawsuit: Twitter and Saudi Arabia ‘in league’ together
John O'Brien
July 8, 2020
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – A political refugee is suing Twitter over its relationship with Saudi Arabia, his home country.
Ali Al-Ahmed filed a lawsuit June 29 in New York federal court that claims Saudi…
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…
Twitter Turns ‘Blind Eye’ To Saudi Arabia Torture, Suit Says
Law360 (June 29, 2020, 10:46 PM EDT) -- Prominent Saudi Arabian political dissident Ali Al-Ahmed hit Twitter Inc. with a lawsuit on Monday, accusing the social media giant of enabling and turning a "blind eye" to Saudi Arabia's…
A Saudi dissident suing Twitter over a massive 2016 hack says the platform’s incompetence got…
Bill Bostock
Aug 25, 2020, 9:42 AM
In July 2020, the US accused two Saudi nationals employed by Twitter of hacking accounts critical of the kingdom and passing their personal information to Saudi intelligence.…