( November 7, 2024, 2:13 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Almost a year after hearing oral argument, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority on Nov. 6 upheld a trial court’s dismissal of a political dissident’s negligence claims against Twitter Inc., finding that his assertion that the social network operator was liable for the theft and sharing of his personal information by two employees, which endangered him and his family, was barred by the statute of limitations....