Saudi Arabia May End Anonymous Twitter Use, Require Official ID To Monitor, Control Access
Saudi Arabia is considering ending anonymous use of Twitter in the country, restricting access only to citizens who register their identification documents, reports Al Jazeera, citing Arab News.
With more than three million active Twitter users, Saudi Arabia not only leads the Middle East, but, with a 300 percent year-on-year growth rate, actually ranks number one in the world as the fastest-growing Twitter nation.
Moreover, Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is one of Twitter’s biggest investors, following a $300 million “strategic stake” in Twitter in 2011.
However, the country has a chequered
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