Saudi King Abdullah supposedly offers $150 billion to buy Facebook (webcache.googleusercontent.com) 10 points by jarin 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] jarin 15y ago ↗ I don't know how reliable of a source the Tehran Times is, especially since it says that King Abdullah met with Zuckerberg personally and got his assurance that Facebook would block Saudi protest pages, but this rumor is going around so here it is.Edit: Wael Ghonim tweets about it http://twitter.com/#!/ghonim/status/42005631544074240
[–] fleitz 15y ago ↗ Let me guess, Zuckerberg will get the $150 billion as soon as he sends money to bail the King's brother out of jail?
[–] dbjacobs 15y ago ↗ This is humor people (like an Onion article). Here is the original source http://dawnwires.com/politics/saudi-king-to-buy-facebook-to-... [–] [dead] fluin 15y ago ↗ It almost sounded legit... almost
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 41.8 ms ] threadEdit: Wael Ghonim tweets about it http://twitter.com/#!/ghonim/status/42005631544074240