A look at Saudi Arabia’s Kollona Amn app, launched in 2017 to let its citizens inform on activists, as the country expands the use of surveillance technology (Peter Guest/Insider)

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A look at Saudi Arabia’s Kollona Amn app, launched in 2017 to let its citizens inform on activists, as the country expands the use of surveillance technology  —  – Saudi Arabian citizens are reporting activists that speak out against the government on the Kollona Amn app.

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