Saudi prince buys $300m sliver of Twitter

A Saudi prince whose investment company claims to have a fondness for free speech has plopped $300m into the coffers of Twitter, the 140-characters-at-a-time social networking service widely touted as an enabler of this year's Arab Spring. "Our investment in Twitter reaffirms our ability in identifying suitable opportunities …

[Anonymous Coward]

> "Tiny-revenue microblogger really worth $10bn?"

Probably not.

But at $300 million, it is probably the cheapest way to ensure that you can track down and deal with your Arab Spring dissidents.

[Richard Bijster]

Or track down women drivers for a damn good flogging.

[Gene Cash]

Nice pic

It's cool to see El Reg with a pic of the actual prince, instead of the news stories I've seen all with stock photos of a random guy in the stereotypical Arabic turban & white cloak.