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So Much For Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal not Putting a Leash on Twitter

January 27, 2012 · Mustapha Hamoui

I’m sure the fact that a powerful Saudi prince bought a significant stake in Twitter a few weeks ago has nothing to do with their announcement yesterday:

Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world

Coincidences are a funny thing..