Legions of Twitter trolls working on behalf of the Saudi government targeted critics of the regime, like the allegedly murdered journalist Jamel Khashoggi, and may have even planted one of their own inside the company itself.
In a Saturday New York Times report, details surfaced of attempts to intimidate dissidents and silence criticism as Saudi Arabia’s economic future looks uncertain, thus its place on the world stage threatened.
Hey M.B.S., Here’s a tip exporting violence is not a good alternative to exporting oil.
Sorry to start off, off topic (but there haven’t been new items with active conversations/comments this Saturday.) Just read this article that was very hopeful about grassroots organizing that has been going on, with so many various groups. More folks need to see/read.
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So twitter, do you have any internal controls that would detect and stop your employees from doing this, or should we abandon your platform en masse?
And lose Dotard’s bon mots & Tweetsplats?
Tough choice…