According to activists and analysts, the billionaire predicted reforms that might mean the “end of online anonymous activity” for thousands of people in the Middle East.

Dissidents in the Middle East and North Africa are anxious; that a safe area to communicate freely amid various forms of state control is likely to go since Twitter appears to be going private.

The popular social media platform is expected to change under Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s potential ownership. However, turning Twitter into a private company with no control; implies that some of these changes would inevitably restrict users’ safety and privacy; this will silence them, according to activists and academics.

Along with making algorithms open-source and overcoming the contentious issue of bots; the billionaire entrepreneur, who last week agreed to buy Twitter Inc., has also promised to “authenticate all humans.”