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NYT: Twitter employee was groomed by Saudi Arabia government to help silence critics


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A Twitter employee was used by Saudi Arabia operatives and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to silence critics in that country and around the globe, the New York Times reported Saturday.

The revelation comes as Saudi government and MBS are under a microscope for the disappearance and murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist and a columnist for the Washington Post. Khashoggi went missing after he entered the Saudi consulate in Instabul on Oct. 2. He was reportedly killed by Saudi agents.

Khashoggi was also the victim of vicious online attacks orchestrated by the Saudi “troll army.” As the attacks grew in intensity, his friends became increasingly concerned about his mental well-being.

“The mornings were the worst for him because he would wake up to the equivalent of sustained gunfire online,” Maggie Mitchell Salem, a longtime friend of Khashoggi, told the New York Times.

Prior to his death, Khashoggi was “launching projects to combat online abuse and to try to reveal that Crown Prince Mohammed was mismanaging the country,” according to the report.

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Trolls for hire.

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