Former Twitter Employee Sentenced to 42 Months for Acting as a Foreign Agent (justice.gov) 108 points by arkadiyt 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] dclusin 3y ago ↗ Did not realize that these laws apply outside of politics and do not just relate to business with elected officials or members of government. [–] eatbitseveryday 3y ago ↗ Well you can go to jail for selling corporate private data to foreign governments too. There were some cases of nationals from China doing this. [–] tehlike 3y ago ↗ There are even espionage laws.You need such laws to be a good place of business. [–] JoeAltmaier 3y ago ↗ I think it became politics when he became an agent of a foreign government. [–] refurb 3y ago ↗ I thought the same thing as well but apparently the law is broader than just direct interactions with government.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Ac... [–] [dead] Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago ↗ [–] carlmr 3y ago ↗ How is this outside of politics? He was dealing with the royal family.
[–] eatbitseveryday 3y ago ↗ Well you can go to jail for selling corporate private data to foreign governments too. There were some cases of nationals from China doing this.
[–] tehlike 3y ago ↗ There are even espionage laws.You need such laws to be a good place of business.
[–] refurb 3y ago ↗ I thought the same thing as well but apparently the law is broader than just direct interactions with government.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Ac...
[–] [dead] lzauz 3y ago ↗ [–] guax 3y ago ↗ Can you explain what you mean with "hire an 'Ahmad Abouammo'"? It sounded really bad to me. [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] defrost 3y ago ↗ He was hired as "Media Partnerships Manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region"Fun fact - Twitter spans the world and many parts of the world aren't filled with Anglo names. [–] byhemechi 3y ago ↗ I don't see any reason to deny the man solely based on his name that is not just overt racism.
[–] guax 3y ago ↗ Can you explain what you mean with "hire an 'Ahmad Abouammo'"? It sounded really bad to me. [–] [deleted] 3y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] defrost 3y ago ↗ He was hired as "Media Partnerships Manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region"Fun fact - Twitter spans the world and many parts of the world aren't filled with Anglo names.
[–] byhemechi 3y ago ↗ I don't see any reason to deny the man solely based on his name that is not just overt racism.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 37.0 ms ] threadYou need such laws to be a good place of business.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Agents_Registration_Ac...
Fun fact - Twitter spans the world and many parts of the world aren't filled with Anglo names.