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They already are a major shareholder. And I presume they can (or could in the future) have stakes in other Musk companies. That might predispose a private Musk
by matthewdgreen 4y ago
They already are a major shareholder. And I presume they can (or could in the future) have stakes in other Musk companies. That might predispose a private Musk Twitter to offer access (for example, provide access to private customer information on dissidents, something Saudi Arabia is very interested in [1]) in ways that a public Twitter might not.
[1] https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/09/twitter-saudi-arabia-dissident-spying https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/09/twitter-saud...
- __derek__ 4y agoBeing a major shareholder is different than having a controlling stake, which is implied by your comment that Musk "can offload most of the expenditure by selling it to Saudi Arabia."