Former Twitter employees charged with spying for Saudi Arabia

The World

The US Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia. According to an unsealed criminal complaint, two former Twitter employees allegedly accessed the data of dissidents criticizing the Saudi government. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.

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