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Why would two of Musk’s financiers in this Qatar and Saudi Arabia want twitter dead? Oh wait.

• tru3_power 4y ago
  Source?
  • mikeyouse 4y ago
    The Saudi one is well-known - they're the second largest equity holder in the new org; https://twitter.com/Alwaleed_Talal/status/1585975226567110656 https://twitter.com/Alwaleed_Talal/status/158597522656711065...
    • mikeyouse 4y ago
      Just adding a source for Qatar as well - in for $375 million: https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/11/12/qatars-backing-of-elon-musks-twitter-deal-raises-questions-ahead-of-the-fifa-world-cup/?sh=5db5d472709a https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2022/11/12/qatar...
      • AnimalMuppet 4y ago
        In a $44 billion deal, I'm not sure that $375 million buys you much leverage. That's under 1%.
• cokeandpepsi 4y ago
  Didn't the saudi's get in trouble for trying to plant spies in twitter to sniff out political dissidents? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/09/twitter-saudi-arabia-dissident-spying https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/09/twitter-saud...