As the fallout from Brand's sexual assault allegations continues, a U.K. parliamentary committee has questioned Rumble over the comedian's earnings.
over their controversial content, Rumble has been looked to as something of a beacon of monetary hope for those with large followings suddenly left without a streaming home.
"We need somewhere to go where conservative views won't be discriminated against," political commentator Bongino said viaCriticisms and questions regarding Rumble have, in the past, rarely gone beyond the realm of disgruntled social media users on other platforms. However, a major government questioning the platform's dealings with a creator has been deemed by critics to be a step toward silencing dissenting voices.
"Since when do Western political officials have the power to impose extra-legal punishment on people for alleged crimes they've never been charged with?" journalist and author Glenn Greenwald wrote on X.
Beckett added that there"is no such thing as absolute free speech, and there is no such thing as a right to make money from any kind of speech. The committee has no power to censor or dictate the business policy of any organization, but it absolutely does have the right to ask questions."failed in his bid for a second term in the White House in 2020. That year, the number of monthly users boomed from 2 million to more than 20 million, per.
Up until the allegations against him were made public, Brand had been frequently posting new videos on the platform. It remains one source of income that has been unaffected by the sexual-assault allegations.
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