Here’s the story of hashtag #SueMeSaudi. A Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) user compared Saudi Arabia to the terror group, the Islamic State. Following that, Saudi Arabia justice ministry threatened to sue him. Needless to say, it resulted in a furor over Twitter.

Saudi Arabia, famous for its strict Wahhabism religion, is notoriously similar to the Islamic State. For example, a Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to death for “spreading atheism and disrespecting the prophet” in November. This radical approach towards religion has prompted the comparison of SA with IS. It was best depicted by a political cartoon by Peter Brookes. It showed in graphics how SA engages in extremism just like IS. In fact, one of the Twitter users, @jasonrspencer, has created a poll asking whether SA is like IS. 75 percent of the thousand Twitter users voted in affirmative.

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Consider this in the backdrop of the recent investment in Twitter by Kingdom Holdings. Kingdom Holdings is owned by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. This came after Jack Dorsey was crowned CEO on October 5 this year. Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) saw a rise in share price almost instantly as the news was released.

With Kingdom Holdings buying over 5 percent of the firm, some change in the board was predicted. This was also due to the fact that senior executives were leaving Twitter. It was held that the board members should hold a major number of shares.

The question that stands now is, will Saudi Arabia react back by selling its investments? No news has yet come on that. But with the harsh critique being lashed out on Twitter, SA might reach soon. If SA decides to sell the shares, Twitter’s market value will go down. Moreover, the positivity that spread with the royal family investing in Twitter will shed off.

Twitter recently rolled out full-screen videos and GIFs viewing. It allows you to seamlessly view the graphics and go back to what you were doing.

A few weeks back, Moments was rolled out. Moments was a special feature that compiled all the popular stories in a page.

Then there is the bigger emoji that was just like you find on Snapchat and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) .

It can be said that Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) (aka Jack Dorsey) is trying very hard to win audiences. And any disruption might have a negative effect on the firm’s future. Whether it will turn out as it seems to be, we can’t be sure.

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