That seems likely, even in the UK, we're still not at the phase were the public will accept going after someone politically like this. It's amazing though we're seeing how co-ordinated it all is now and it feels very much like GamerGate where as it turns out, all of the people we suspected were colluding with each other were. I hope that more new startups take this approach to these shit heads trying to extort others.
The one thing I would say is that the timing of these allegations, days before the bill was due to pass, looks very suspect. They knew Rumble is the primary host of Brand's content, they knew Rumble would refuse any demand to demonetise/cancel him and this appears to be a trap where Rumble will be the first to be made an example of, a video content site that the Government will brand as "harmful" to send a message to every other website and service.
One thing the Government is very good at is psychological operations. I'd recommend reading up on Laura Dodsworth's A State of Fear and the follow up, Free Your Mind while you can.
That seems likely, even in the UK, we're still not at the phase were the public will accept going after someone politically like this. It's amazing though we're seeing how co-ordinated it all is now and it feels very much like GamerGate where as it turns out, all of the people we suspected were colluding with each other were. I hope that more new startups take this approach to these shit heads trying to extort others.
The one thing I would say is that the timing of these allegations, days before the bill was due to pass, looks very suspect. They knew Rumble is the primary host of Brand's content, they knew Rumble would refuse any demand to demonetise/cancel him and this appears to be a trap where Rumble will be the first to be made an example of, a video content site that the Government will brand as "harmful" to send a message to every other website and service.
One thing the Government is very good at is psychological operations. I'd recommend reading up on Laura Dodsworth's A State of Fear and the follow up, Free Your Mind while you can.