Saudi firebrands top Arab world’s most followed tweeters
Issue 1003
- 29 Oct 2015
| 3 minute read
Saudi Arabia has significantly more active Twitter users than any other country, according to social media monitor PeerReach. While often wildly inaccurate, social media is playing a major role in the kingdom, as underlined when tweets from @Dr_5abeer and other sources announced King Abdullah’s death and King Salman’s succession before official statements were released. This is providing a huge platform for clerics, who may also be major figures on satellite television.
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