Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-11-01 04:50:01 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3B248F1ADCDCF2B7369DED41EC084FCBD7F1AFFD8BA6FA39E558CDB772C52A14
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The "Saudis" did not "partner with Elon Musk to buy Twitter". Rather a single Saudi billionaire - Prince Alwaleed bin Talal au Saud - who owned a large stake in Twitter since 2011, chose to maintain his investment rather than selling it to Elon as part of Twitter's buyout. https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-maintain-twitter-stake-2022-10-28/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/07/saudi-princes-investment-stake-twitter-alwaleed-bin-talal-kingdom-holding
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