Turki bin Abdulaziz al-Jasser was a Saudi journalist arrested and tortured to death while being held in a Saudi prison. News of his death came only one month after the murder of another Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. Al-Jasser was running what he thought was an anonymous Twitter account called Kashkol (Arabic: كشكول ) as a "proxy public square" for Saudi citizens to express their opinions, but instead became a forum for army 'trolls' to poison debate, harass dissidents and spread misinformation.[1][2][3] In 2018 his identity was revealed by the Twitter office in Dubai.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Saudi Arabia's war on journalism". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Saudi journalist tortured to death in prison". Middle East Monitor. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Khashoggi's killing is not the only crime". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Twitter 'gave Saudi Arabia information about journalist who ended up dead'". Metro. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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