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Former Twitter worker convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia

A sign is pictured outside the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Monday, April 25, 2022. [AP]

A former Twitter employee has been convicted of failing to register as an agent for Saudi Arabia and other charges after accessing private data on users critical of the kingdom's government in a spy case that spanned from Silicon Valley to the Middle East.

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