Twitter ‘gave Saudi Arabia information about journalist who ended up dead’
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It really is up to the people (gov? oh god.) to hold these platforms responsible. They (notably FB and twitter) have demonstrated, over and over again, that they will not hold themselves accountable. Ethics are beyond their purview.
The problem is the government(of Soudi Arabia) asking for the information from Twitter office in Dubai. On refusal Soudi Arabia government can sure to use physical power over Twitter office conveniently located very close to Saudi Arabia.
It's like punishing a bank employee who had to hand over the money to the burglar at gun point. Also the it was the punisher(The USA) who gave a gun to the burglar(Saudi Arabia).
Is that what you want?
Applying your example, the ideal is more like a social system stepping in and providing a means for the bank employee to safely not hand over cash mid-burglary.