[ezoe]

What? You demand government(the USA) to punish the victim(Twitter) to solve a problem?

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?

[arthurofbabylon]

No one is talking about “punishment” but you. The concept here is building mechanisms of accountability (again, nothing to do with punishment).

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.