Ex-Twitter worker gets 3-1/2-year U.S. prison term for spying for Saudi Arabia
PARESH DAVE A former Twitter Inc manager convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by sharing user data several years ago and potentially exposing users to persecution was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison, U.S. prosecutors said. Ahmad Abouammo had been found guilty by a jury in August following a trial in a federal court in San Francisco. Prosecutors had sought a prison term of just over seven years, saying they wanted a "sentence strong enough to deter others in the technology and social media industry from selling out the data of vulnerable users." Abouammo faced a maximum penalty of decades in prison.…