https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/11/twitter-account-saudi-government-spying

Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents’ anonymous accounts

Twitter has allowed a senior Saudi official and aide to Mohammed bin Salman to maintain a verified account with more than 2m followers despite allegations that the official recruited and paid Twitter employees to secretly report on dissidents’ anonymous accounts.