US jury to decide if Twitter worker spied for Saudi royals

San Francisco, United States: Jurors in a San Francisco court on Thursday (Friday in Manila) began mulling the fate of a former Twitter worker accused of taking bribes from Saudi Arabia to help unmask its critics on the platform.

Prosecutors said Ahmad Abouammo sold Twitter user information for cash and an expensive watch some seven years ago, while his defense team contended that he did nothing more than accept gifts from free-spending Saudis for simply doing his client management job.