A look at Saudi Arabia's Kollona Amn app, launched in 2017 to let its citizens inform on activists, as the country expands the use of surveillance technology
eying off a neighbour's lovely farmland? Report them to the Inquisition and grab the land. #news https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Leticia Rodríguez / @letirgar : Saudi snitching app turns citizens into social media police. Welcome to 1984 2.0. Just insane. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/ ... Eric Lundberg / @ericblundberg : Who creates these apps? The creator has responsibility to highlight security faults with their apps used for these terrible practices by authoritarian-leaning governments. Shame on Saudi Arabia for relying on Kollona Amn — those agencies should be prohibited from using it. https://twitter.com/...
Who creates these apps? The creator has responsibility to highlight security faults with their apps used for these terrible practices by authoritarian-leaning governments. Shame on Saudi Arabia for relying on Kollona Amn — those agencies should be prohibited from using it. https:…
Saudi Citizens Are Using an App to Rat Out Activists This is how the Spanish Inquisition worked—eying off a neighbour's lovely farmland? Report them to the Inquisition and grab the land. #news https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
Saudi officials are encouraging citizens to use an app to report dissenters' social media comments. Its use is skyrocketing, and some of its targets are being punished with lengthy prison sentences for their online posts. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...
“Today I'm here with you, sharing my story. Tomorrow I might be caught.” A Saudi snitching app has created a climate of fear for activists and LGBTQI people in the kingdom. Latest in @BusinessInsider https://www.businessinsider.com/ ...