( December 18, 2024, 8:26 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel’s decision to uphold the dismissal of negligence claims against Twitter Inc. will stand, per the panel’s denial of a petition for rehearing en banc by a political dissident from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) who blamed the social network company for allowing KSA moles to access his account for the purpose of obtaining personal information to be used against him....