“Blocking these accounts would not protect public safety, it would project authoritarian power from scrutiny. X cannot hide behind vague references to ‘local legal requirements’ when those laws are routinely used to criminalise peaceful dissent.”
Maryam Aldossari
Saudi Arabia contacted US social media companies demanding they restrict the accounts of activists and human rights defenders. The companies complied. (*TBD on X) www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’
