Convicted Saudi Twitter Spy Sentenced To More Than Three Years in Prison


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While newly named Twitter CEO Elon Musk continues to explore new ways to fle sh out leakers from companies, the U.S. government’s been busy closing out a court case against actual Twitter spies. Now, according to NBC, a former Twitter employee convicted of exposing dissidents’ personal information on behalf of the Saudi Royal family in exchange for over a quarter of a million dollars and a luxury watch could spend more than three years behind bars. Ahmad Abouammo, a dual U.S.-Lebanese citizen who worked at Twitter between 2013 and 2015, was sentenced to three and half years in prison for...