Pak Sahafat – Warning in the US Congress about Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter
According to the International group of Pak Sahafat news agency, the special investment of influential people in Saudi Arabia on Twitter has caused security concerns in the US Congress, and some American lawmakers believe that Riyadh’s access to users’ information on this platform may pose security risks for Washington.
The Guardian reported that “Ron Wyden”, the chairman of the US Senate Finance Committee, and “Chris Murphy”, a lawmaker of the US Senate, have warned about the risks and consequences related to the possibility of Saudi Arabia accessing user data on Twitter.
Wyden said in a statement: Considering the history of the Saudi regime in imprisoning opponents, using a spy on Twitter and the brutal murder of a Washington Post journalist, the Saudi regime should be denied access to Twitter account information, access to direct messages and other data that may be used to identify political opponents and suppress criticism.
He added: I have long said that the United States has a security interest in protecting Americans’ data from rogue foreign governments, and the Saudi regime fits that description perfectly.
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American senator’s claim about the role of Saudi Arabia in the Twitter purchase deal
After the news of Elon Musk’s domination of Twitter was finalized, one of the Saudi billionaire princes announced that he is the second largest shareholder of this social network after Musk.
Prince Waleed bin Talal and the holding under his control called “Al-Mulkeh Al-Qabazah” own 5% of the shares of Twitter. This prince said that this action is part of his strategy for long-term investment in this company.
The Guardian newspaper wrote that shortly after Walid bin Talal announced this, Saudi Arabia’s “General Investment Fund” headed by “Mohammed bin Salman”, the Saudi Crown Prince, bought 17% of the shares of “Al-Malke Al-Qabazah” worth 1.5 bought billions of dollars.
A few days ago, Waleed Bin Talal congratulated Elon Musk on finalizing the deal to buy Twitter, stating that the two “will be together all the way.”
At present, the investment does not appear to have given Walid bin Talal or Mohammed bin Salman permission to control the data, the Guardian wrote. Elon Musk is currently the only operator of this company, but Saudi Arabia’s clear history of using this platform as a propaganda tool and its history of severely suppressing political opponents of the Al Saud family is still a matter of concern.