Saudis groomed Twitter employee to spy on accounts of dissidents: report
Source: The Hill
Saudi Arabia is suspected of having groomed a Saudi employee at Twitter to help the country's leadership by spying on the accounts of dissidents, according to a new report.
The New York Times reported Saturday that Western officials told Twitter in 2015 that one of their employees, Ali Alzabarah, was being groomed to spy on the accounts.
Twitter was reportedly unable to find evidence that the employee gave company data to Saudi Arabia, but fired him in December 2015.
A representative from Twitter told The Hill that the company did not have anything to add yet about the Times' report on Saturday afternoon.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/412386-saudis-groomed-twitter-employee-to-spy-on-accounts-of-dissidents-report
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