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Re:Former Twitter Employee Sentenced to 42 Months for Acting... by lzauz on Friday December 16, 2022 @05:29AM (#34012926)
I think the real question here is why did a powerful media company like Twitter hire an "Ahmad Abouammo". Weren't they just asking for this to happen? What about due diligence? Are they complicit?

>monitoring and conveying confidential and sensitive information that could be used to identify and locate Twitter users of interest to the Saudi Royal Family

Whatever way he was hired, that should be investigated too.

Re:Former Twitter Employee Sentenced to 42 Months for Acting... by defrost on Friday December 16, 2022 @05:36AM (#34012962)
He was hired as "Media Partnerships Manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region"

Fun fact - Twitter spans the world and many parts of the world aren't filled with Anglo names.

Re:Former Twitter Employee Sentenced to 42 Months for Acting... by guax on Friday December 16, 2022 @05:34AM (#34012955)
Can you explain what you mean with "hire an 'Ahmad Abouammo'"? It sounded really bad to me.
Re:Former Twitter Employee Sentenced to 42 Months for Acting... by fragmede on Friday December 16, 2022 @05:39AM (#34012986)
Ahmad Abouammo is one of three people charged by the Department of Justice on November 19th for being spies fo Saudi Arabia while working at Twitter.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/united-states-v-ahmad-abou...

Re:Former Twitter Employee Sentenced to 42 Months for Acting... by byhemechi on Friday December 16, 2022 @06:12AM (#34013228)
I don't see any reason to deny the man solely based on his name that is not just overt racism.