Two former employees of Twitter and a third man from Saudi Arabia have been charged by the U.S. Justice Department with spying for the kingdom by digging into the accounts of kingdom dissidents and giving it to Saudi officials in exchange for payment.

According to court papers, two ex- Twitter employees, Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo, who used to work for Twitter, and Ahmed Almutairi,who worked for the Saudi royal family, face charges of working for the Saudi regime.

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