Saudi's ‘Julian Assange’ returns to Twitter

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Saudi's ‘Julian Assange’ returns to Twitter
1 March 2015 Last updated at 20:59 ET


A Saudi whistleblower who has leaked documents indicating high-level corruption inside the Kingdom's royal family is back on Twitter after having his account briefly suspended for unknown reasons.

He's one of the most influential Saudis on Twitter - some call him the Saudi "Julian Assange" - but no one knows his real identity. Yet still, 1.7m people in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are following his stream of anonymous online leaks against the royal family.

The Twitter account @Mujtahidd (which translates as "studious&quot has 1.7m followers - but he almost lost them all when Twitter suspended his account.

@Mujtahidd uses his platform to leak documents alleging corruption among members of the Saudi royal family, including the current King and Crown Prince....

Full article:

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-31840424

Now who would convince Twitter to suspend the @Mujtahidd account?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-12-19/prince-alwaleed-kingdom-pay-300-million-for-strategic-stake-in-twitter

[malokvale77]

1. Anything but the truth. (nt)

[leveymg]

2. Do his leaked records extend back to 2001?