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Pokémon Go has a new owner, Scopely, which is a subsidiary of a Saudi Arabian company called Savvy Games, which is itself owned by the Saudi government. @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler wonders what that might mean for the location data of the game's 100 million players. [Story may be paywalled.]
404 Media · Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location DataA company owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund just bought the most popular AR video game of all time.
@CultureDesk @404mediaco @jasonkoebler Damn, deleting that app. I won’t support a murderous regime. It was just getting popular again.
@CultureDesk It's just a proposal so far, not a deal. It's still subject to cartel office checks.
moving from sportswashing to gameswashing, ok, whatever, it’s still the regime of a murderer.