Rumble Sues California Over Censorship Law
27 Novembro 2024 - 5:30PM
Rumble (NASDAQ:RUM), the video-sharing platform and cloud services
provider, today sued the California Attorney General and Secretary
of State over a recently passed law that unconstitutionally
punishes certain political speech. Rumble is represented by
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a non-profit law firm that
defends the right to speak freely and which also represents the
satirical website “The Babylon Bee” in a related lawsuit. The suit
was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
California, Sacramento Division.
The law at issue, AB 2655, requires online platforms to receive
reports about posts related to elections, public officials, and
candidates for office that are deemed “materially deceptive” and
then remove or label the content.
The law was fast-tracked in July when California Gov. Gavin
Newsom complained that an online video satirizing the Democratic
candidate for president, Kamala Harris, ought to be “illegal.” The
state legislature responded by passing a package of bills, which
Newsom signed. He subsequently celebrated that he had successfully
banned the video that had offended him in the first
place.
“The very thought of the government judging the content of
political speech, and then deciding whether it should be permitted,
censored, or eliminated altogether is about the most chilling thing
you could imagine,” said Chris Pavlovski, Chairman and CEO of
Rumble. “Rumble will always celebrate freedom and support creative
independence, so we’re delighted to work with ADF to help protect
lawful online expression.”
ABOUT RUMBLE
Rumble is a high-growth video platform and cloud services
provider that is creating an independent infrastructure. Rumble’s
mission is to restore the internet to its roots by making it free
and open once again. For more information, visit:
corp.rumble.com.
Contact: press@rumble.com
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