Al-Ahmed
Al-Ahmed v. Twitter, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALI AL-AHMED, Case No. 21-cv-08017-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT
v. TWITTER’S MOTION TO DISMISS
TWITTER, INC., et al., Docket No. 62 Defendants.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Al-Ahmed is a critic of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) who has been granted asylum in the United States. Between 2013 and 2015, two of Twitter’s (now former) employees accessed user information without authorization and provided it to KSA government officials. The employees were indicted in 2019. On October 13, 2021, Al-Ahmed sued the former employees and Twitter. Specifically, Al-Ahmed sued Twitter for violating the Electronics Communications Privacy Act (“EPCA”); the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”); the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”); California’s Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”); breach of contract; intrusion upon seclusion; unjust enrichment; promissory estoppel; negligence;…