Twitter leaked and revealed the identity of an anonymous memer, critical of the Saudi government. The memer was tortured and sentenced to prison for 20 years and has now gone missing. His family, believing him to be dead is suing Twitter for violating its own policy.
A lawsuit has been filed in the US against senior officials in Saudi Arabia including Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Saeed Al-Qahtani, a former top aide who was implicated in the 2018 murder of .
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Areej Al-Sadhan, a US-based human rights activist, has accused Twitter of sharing her brother's identifying information with the Saudi Arabian government, leading to his imprisonment. According to the activist, Twitter shared her brother's personal details, then "As a result, Saudi Arabia kidnapped, tortured, imprisoned, and through a sham trial sentenced my brother to 20 years in prison, simply for criticizing Saudi repression on his Twitter account."