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‘Bring me his head’: The frightening Twitter hunt for a Saudi dissident in exile

When a former colonel in the Saudi police force, now seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, took to TikTok in mid-March to explain live why he had left the police, internet vigilantes immediately put a price on his head. In the time since, a horde of Twitter accounts has been…

France 24 · Apr 16, 2023

Saudi Arabia releases US national from prison, says son

Saudi authorities have released a U.S. citizen jailed for 19 years for posting criticism of the government on Twitter but he remains banned from travelling, his son said, as the kingdom moves to ease tension with the United States.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2023

Musk's past complicates Twitter's future

Advocates warn Musk will leave platform "more vulnerable to security threats, rampant disinformation, extremism"

Salon · Oct 28, 2022

Saudi Arabia sentences US citizen to 16 years over tweets critical of regime

Move is another sign of kingdom’s aggressive crackdown on any whiff of dissent posted on social media

The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2022

U.S. says it's raised concerns with Saudis over detention of U.S. citizen

The U.S. State Department confirmed that a Saudi-American citizen has been detained in Saudi Arabia, and said that Washington has repeatedly raised its concerns over his jailing, most recently on Monday.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022