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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses

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The lawsuit was brought last May against X, as Twitter is now known. Photograph: Constanza Hevia/AFP/Getty Images

The social media company formerly known as Twitter has been accused in a revised civil US lawsuit of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities at a much higher rate than it has for the US, UK or Canada.

The lawsuit was brought last May against X, as Twitter is now known, by Areej al-Sadhan, the sister of a Saudi aid worker who was forcibly disappeared and then later sentenced to 20 years in jail.

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