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[ NNSquad ] Given Saudi Arabia's "human rights" record, this is likely to be a controversial investment for Twitter 

Given Saudi Arabia's "human rights" record, this is likely to be a
controversial investment for Twitter

Prince Alwaleed Invests $300M in Twitter

http://j.mp/vh005b  (Bloomberg)

    "Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the largest individual investor in
     Citigroup Inc. (C), and his Kingdom Holding Co. (KINGDOM) invested
     $300 million to buy a "strategic stake" in microblogging service
     Twitter Inc. "The investment was the result of several months of
     negotiations," Kingdom Holding said in a statement to the Saudi bourse
     today."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com 
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