Being doxxed — having private information exposed, from your real name to your home address — on social media is scary enough. But for outspoken dissidents, having their details revealed to the authoritarian government they are criticizing can be deadly. And having it done by a worker at a social-media platform is a jaw-dropping betrayal.
But this week, a former Twitter employee was found guilty of spying for the Saudi government in 2015 — ferrying private user information to a contact with close ties to the nation’s government and its controversial crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, aka MBS.
