While this is a positive thing to be cheered on, the consequences of Rumble standing up to the Government is that the second the Online Safety Bill becomes law, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport with Ofcom as regulator, will ban Rumble and require all ISPs and VPNs to block access or face ruinous consequences themselves for their failure to do what Government demands of them as a service accessible in the UK. The alternative would be for Rumble to pull service from UK content creators and viewers.
Considering this stance, maybe we now know who plied pressure on the BBC to ply pressure on YouTube to get Brand demonetised/cancelled from that platform?
Rumble is a US company so why would they even care to block french users instead of telling them to pound sand.
Are they worried that they will go after companies or attempt to attack them through the financial systems?
Non-Twitter link: https://nitter.eu.projectsegfau.lt/rumblevideo/status/1704584927834960196
Archive: https://archive.ph/j3KfG
While this is a positive thing to be cheered on, the consequences of Rumble standing up to the Government is that the second the Online Safety Bill becomes law, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport with Ofcom as regulator, will ban Rumble and require all ISPs and VPNs to block access or face ruinous consequences themselves for their failure to do what Government demands of them as a service accessible in the UK. The alternative would be for Rumble to pull service from UK content creators and viewers.
Considering this stance, maybe we now know who plied pressure on the BBC to ply pressure on YouTube to get Brand demonetised/cancelled from that platform?
Didn't Rumble voluntarily leave the French market a year or two ago because of similar demands or legislation by the French government?
Edit: https://archive.ph/RfpK5
Looks like they pulled out last November over French demands to remove Russian content.
Does the 1st amednmnet not apply?
In France?
No, seeing as it's US law...
Rumble is a US company so why would they even care to block french users instead of telling them to pound sand. Are they worried that they will go after companies or attempt to attack them through the financial systems?
It's not a law, it's an amendment to the constitution. Point stands though.