"Ali al-Ahmed didn't think that Elon Musk was responsible for the decline and fall of Twitter. Musk was another face representing an old regime. And its sins began well before Musk bumbled into Twitter HQ, in October 2022, carrying a porcelain sink. (In an attempt at humour, Musk posted a video of himself arriving at the Twitter offices carrying a sink with the caption Entering Twitter HQ let that sink in!)"
"Ahmed was a Saudi journalist and analyst living in the Washington DC area. He was a founder of the Institute for Gulf Affairs (formerly the Saudi Institute), a Saudi-focused thinktank with an emphasis on human rights reporting, and was the kind of expert passionate, principled, always glad to hop on the phone that journalists loved having in their digital Rolodex. For Ahmed, who over the years had many family members imprisoned by the Saudi royal family, the pursuit of human rights was a solemn task."
Ali al-Ahmed regarded Elon Musk as another face of an entrenched regime rather than the primary cause of Twitter's decay. He argued that the platform's problems began long before Musk's October 2022 arrival. Ahmed was a Saudi journalist and founder of the Institute for Gulf Affairs, focused on human rights, with many family members imprisoned by the Saudi royal family. He combined solemn commitment to human rights with garrulous personal anecdotes. Ahmed characterized Twitter and Facebook as profit-driven companies indifferent to human-rights principles. His Arabic account with 36,000 followers was banned, and he believed Saudi authorities used Twitter as a surveillance and control tool.
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