Technology,
Data Privacy
Aug. 4, 2022
Spy trial nears end with dispute on whether Twitter owns user data
For two weeks Ahmad Abouammo, a former media partnerships manager at Twitter, stood trial in San Francisco on charges he conspired with his two absent co-defendants to turn over the private information of certain Twitter accounts to Saudi officials; specifically a top adviser to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
Final arguments are set for Thursday in the trial of a former Twitter employee accused of selling the private information of political dissidents to agents of the Saudi Arabian government, some of whom were subsequently imprisoned, according to trial witnesses.
For two weeks Ahmad Abouammo, a former media partnerships manager at Twitter, stood trial before a federal jury in San Francisco on charges he conspired with his two absent co-defe...
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