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Ok, so to amend OP's original point:

Should Twitter come with a label as "state-owned" considering both the Qatari and Saudi governments hold a significant stake in the company?

Twitter doesn’t report the news. It’s a platform. Labels are for publishers of news. Why is everyone having such a hard to grokking this

A) I never said Twitter should be labelled a state-owned news company, just whether it should be labelled state-owned.

B) Twitter (like all "platforms") holds the ability to control the flow of information. The moment a "platform" puts their finger on the scales and blocks certain types of legal information from being discovered (as they did last week in blocking substack links, for example) then they forfeit their claim to being a "platform" and should be treated as media distribution companies. As such they should be subjected to the same level of scrutiny as news organizations should be

> Twitter doesn’t report the news. It’s a platform. Labels are for publishers of news.

“A platform” is just an internet term for a kind of publisher (roughly corresponding to “an online publisher who mostly publishes things for which it is – or would be, if it was operating in the US – protected from the liability usually attached to publishers via DMCA section 230.”)

Personally yes, when i hear everyone clamour for transparency, I want brutal honest transparency, so yes twitter handle and twitter docs should clearly mention that they are owned by Saudia and terrorist Qatar.

Same with DW News, Al Jazeera, Middle East eye and Gulf news.

I've always wondered, without pure transparency, who will guard the guards?

At least DW is totally transparent about it. A quick look at their web site gives you that info immediately. The info page about it even figures as one of the top Questions in their FAQ:

"DW is Germany’s international broadcaster. It is organized under public law and funded by the German federal tax budget."

https://corporate.dw.com/en/what-kind-of-company-is-deutsche...

"DW is financed via funding from the state, i.e. from tax revenue. This is in contrast to the domestic public channels, which are funded via broadcasting fees."

https://corporate.dw.com/en/who-finances-deutsche-welle/a-36...

Isn’t DW state-owned by Germany?

Wait what?

Terrorist?

Al-jazeera is one of the most renowned news agencies in the world, finally giving an honest voice to the Arab and Islamic world, and they can do this because they don't rely on pleasing advertisers. What do you mean by anti-sentitic?

Jesus have you seen Al Jazeera covering how Qatar has been known to be a permissive environment for terror financing, reportedly funding U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, Al qaeda and ISIS, as well as several extremist groups operating in Syria. At least one high-ranking Qatari official provided support to the mastermind of the 9/11. Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, also made Doha his headquarters for years while the Qatari's--with the Qatari's Government support and even the Muslim Brotherhood has received significant support from Qatar. Of course, not all of this is supported by the government in Doha. Many individuals and charities in Qatar have been known to raise large sums of money for al-Qaeda, the Nusra front, Hamas, and even ISIS. ( https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg26427/html/C... html). Be use I haven't?

Also what about their hard hitting on average of Qatargate and human rights abuses including killings of their LGBTQ dissidents?

Qatar is a state sponsor of terrorism and Al Jazeera is a terrorist network.

Just because someone makes a claim as part of their narrative does not mean the claim itself exclusively belongs to that narrative!

If that were the case, none of us should say anything at all.

Any sources about Qatar being a funder of terrorism? Other than Trump.

Glad you asked there's the EU report before most EU think tanks were bought out by Qatar ( Hello Qatargate) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/P-8-2014-00744...

According to official US Committee on Foreign Affairs, has been known to be a permissive environment for terror financing, reportedly funding U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, Al qaeda and ISIS, as well as several extremist groups operating in Syria. At least one high-ranking Qatari official provided support to the mastermind of the 9/11. Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, also made Doha his headquarters for years while the Qatari's--with the Qatari's Government support and even the Muslim Brotherhood has received significant support from Qatar. Of course, not all of this is supported by the government in Doha. Many individuals and charities in Qatar have been known to raise large sums of money for al-Qaeda, the Nusra front, Hamas, and even ISIS.(https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115hhrg26427/html/C...)

Let me know when Al Jazeera and Middle East eye cover any of the human rights abuses and funding for Hamas or even the brutal repression of LGBTQ in Qatar.

Qatar is a terrorist nation.

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