On Monday , one Saudi man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for using Twitter to encourage protests and undermine the country 's leadership , according to Saudi Arabian state news agency SPA . ` One man sentenced to a decade in prison for posting pro - protest messages to Facebook . A second man to five years , convicted of insulting Saudi Arabia 's king via Twitter . Critics say it 's all part of the government 's efforts to quash dissent .
One man sentenced to a decade in prison for posting pro - protest messages to Facebook . A second man to five years , convicted of insulting Saudi Arabia 's king via Twitter . Critics say it 's all part of the government 's efforts to quash dissent .