McKinsey Says It’s ‘Horrified’ Saudi Arabia Report May Have Been Misused
- Consulting firm says report not intended to target dissidents
- McKinsey says it was studying social-media use in kingdom
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McKinsey & Co. said it’s “horrified” that a report it prepared to measure public perception of Saudi Arabia’s policies may have been used by the kingdom to silence dissidents.
The consulting firm responded on Twitter to a New York Times article that detailed a report in which it identified several people driving conversations on Twitter. Those people were later arrested or had their social-media accounts shut down.