Alarm on Capitol Hill over Saudi investment in Twitter
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington from Technology | The Guardian on (#65EV7)
Possible access to users' data could pose national security risk and could be used to target kingdom's dissidents
It has been five years since Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who has been known for decades as among one of the richest Middle East investors, received a phone call summoning him to the royal court in Riyadh.
The prince - who together with his investment firm has emerged as the second-largest investor in Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover of the social media platform - became a prisoner.
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