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Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses
- catchnear4321 3y agoksa keeps shuffling their toys around. try to keep track of the little ball, it is under one of these shells. 2011 - bin talal gets 300m in https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204791104577107733831343976 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204791104577107... early 2022 - bin talal rejects musk’s offer. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-161050492.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-tal... 2022 - he’s back as help funding musk’s purchase. second biggest investor. https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/who-is-prince-waleed-bin-talal-the-co-owner-of-twitter/ https://www.thekashmirmonitor.net/who-is-prince-waleed-bin-t... this guy sold twitter to himself. no, he isn’t sole owner, it is more complex than that, but bin talal helped fund a purchase that he rejected previously as one of the larger potential sellers. and what about his links to power? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-released-from-luxury-hotel-associates-say/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal... bin talal is himself just a very expensive pawn. maybe that’s unkind, but calling him a queen might get one killed. bottom line, he ain’t the boss. but he likes to play one on tv.