▲ 372 ▼ Twitter/X new ID Verification - First Look (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3291604 Thanks to Popcrave https://twitter.com/popcrave/status/1691852136236327316?s=46&t=lcH0dp9biwkMEBKsRQeVeQ Who here is going to put their ID and photo on X/Twitter
[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 3 years ago (2 children) Giving your ID to a company majority owned by the Saudi government what could go wrong? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 years ago (2 children) What? Twitter is majority owned by Musk, by a very very large margin. Not that giving your info to Musk is any better than giving it to the Saudi government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 years ago* Musk’s purchase of Twitter was secured with funding from a number of investors, including Larry Ellison, the co-founder of software company Oracle, and Qatar Holding, which is controlled by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake permalink fedilink source parent [–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) But bin Talal is the largest investor in it - and pretty much since Elon is so in debt, pretty much he and the banks are in control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago Less than 2B of the 44B was from bin Talal.. They are the second largest investor behind Musk but there is a ginormous gap between first and second. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago Idiots deserve to sell all of their data for pennies of enjoyment permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whats_a_refoogee@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 years ago (2 children) What? Twitter is majority owned by Musk, by a very very large margin. Not that giving your info to Musk is any better than giving it to the Saudi government. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 years ago* Musk’s purchase of Twitter was secured with funding from a number of investors, including Larry Ellison, the co-founder of software company Oracle, and Qatar Holding, which is controlled by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake permalink fedilink source parent [–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) But bin Talal is the largest investor in it - and pretty much since Elon is so in debt, pretty much he and the banks are in control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago Less than 2B of the 44B was from bin Talal.. They are the second largest investor behind Musk but there is a ginormous gap between first and second. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 years ago* Musk’s purchase of Twitter was secured with funding from a number of investors, including Larry Ellison, the co-founder of software company Oracle, and Qatar Holding, which is controlled by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) But bin Talal is the largest investor in it - and pretty much since Elon is so in debt, pretty much he and the banks are in control. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago Less than 2B of the 44B was from bin Talal.. They are the second largest investor behind Musk but there is a ginormous gap between first and second. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] homesnatch@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago Less than 2B of the 44B was from bin Talal.. They are the second largest investor behind Musk but there is a ginormous gap between first and second. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 years ago Idiots deserve to sell all of their data for pennies of enjoyment permalink fedilink source parent
