Rumble to reportedly provide access to Kremlin-backed news outlet RT

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Rumble, which plans to merge with SPAC CF Acquisition Corp. VI (NASDAQ:CFVI), will reportedly carry Russian state-controlled news channel RT on its YouTube-like video platform.

While several content carriers have moved to restrict access to RT amid the Ukraine crisis, Rumble has agreed to pick up the Kremlin-backed channel, Reuters reported.

Rumble is slated to go public later this year through a merger with SPAC CF Acquisition Corp. VI. The deal, which values Rumble at $2.1B, is expected to close during the second quarter.

Content carriers that have moved to either restrict or drop access to RT in recent days include Meta Platforms’ Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) YouTube, DirecTV, and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU).

Rumble’s video platform has become increasingly popular with conservative content makers. In December, Rumble signed a deal to carry content provided by Trump Media and Technology Group, which is backed by the former US president.

Trump Media is expected to merge with SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DWAC) later this year.

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[Moomoo22u2]

How does it feel to be part of a political movement that represents < 1% of actively engaged Americans?

[Seek your own news]

@Moomoo22u2 your projection is showing

[Moomoo22u2]

Vladimir I need you to be my best friend because I’m such a turd POS.

[Seek your own news]

@Moomoo22u2 you see FEC fine DNC over 100k and Clinton paid 8k fine for financing the proven false “steel dossier”. Must suck to see your reality fall apart before your very eyes. Stormy Daniela had to pay out 300k after loosing case against Trump. You in your safe space cry room yet?

[Moomoo22u2]

Trump is such a criminal.

[Seek your own news]

you see FEC fine DNC over 100k and Clinton paid 8k fine for financing the proven false “steel dossier”. Must suck to see your reality fall apart before your very eyes. Stormy Daniela had to pay out 300k after loosing case against Trump. You in your safe space cry room yet?

[Moomoo22u2]

Trump egged on Putin to invade and start the killing.

[Seek your own news]

@Moomoo22u2 haha

you see FEC fine DNC over 100k and Clinton paid 8k fine for financing the proven false “steel dossier”. Must suck to see your reality fall apart before your very eyes. Stormy Daniela had to pay out 300k after loosing case against Trump. You in your safe space cry room yet?

[Moomoo22u2]

Who’s worse with the disinformation Putin or Radioactive Orange?

[kuttingedge]

@Moomoo22u2 I guess today we learned it was the NY Times and other MSM, including FB and TWTR, who censored all references to the Hunter Biden laptop story for 18 months. That is disinformation.

[Supply]

@kuttingedge "Censored" - you must be one of those folks who thinks corporations are part of the government ... and have some obligation to spread drivel. Since Hunter Biden never raised his hand to take an oath of office like Jared and Ivanka did, no story, not even about nepotism.

[kuttingedge]

@Supply Yup. 10% for "The Big Guy", along with a "Thank You" email from Burisma exec for setting up a meeting with Papa Joe. Fire that prosecutor looking into my son's activities or you don't get a billion dollars. Selling influence for access and divvying it up with the VP, now P, no story....unless you read the NY Post or the NY Times.

[munhoi]

when Putin gets axed in Russia , I think Trump will go relocate to Russia and run for the Presidency of Russia since he is never going to see public office ever again in the US as a Ex Con soon when they indict and put him in jail for tax evasion fraud and you name it in addition to other fed charges coming IMHO

[C. King Alpha Flunkie]

@munhoi Putin has a dacha waiting for him in case he's indicted.

Of course, his escape plan depends on Putin's still being around.

[munhoi]

@C. King Alpha Flunkie if the dacha doesnt pan out, he can always be the new rocket man of North Korea , testing missiles every month when he doesnt get what he wants although he would have to get a new haircut - ie the Kim Jong Un panda haircut , in case of Trump - toupee

[munhoi]

@C. King Alpha Flunkie His wife can turn on Putin anytime, with Putin's wife an ex gymnastic with legs of steel skills , she could wrap her legs around Putin's neck and snap them if she wanted to at his dacha IMHO

[Platypussy]

Now the Russians are claiming the US had a lab developing bioweapons in Ukraine and that they're worried about a chemical attack.

Fortunately there's now an outlet for this kind of propaganda; Rumble Russia

[kuttingedge]

@Platypussy If you watched the news yesterday, it was admitted to in Congressional testimony in a response to a question asked by Sen. Rubio.
There are several such research labs and the concern is that research falling into the hands of the Russians.

[C. King Alpha Flunkie]

@kuttingedge As noted on the U.S. embassy website, DOD has a Biological Threat Reduction program to counter the threat of outbreaks of dangerous diseases. This collaboration takes place in many countries and involves assistance to researchers.

That's very different from what the Russian propaganda machine is claiming, which is that the U.S. was developing bioweapons in Ukraine.

[kuttingedge]

@C. King Alpha Flunkie That wasn't stated as such yesterday. It appears they were like Wuhan, developing a new threat first before finding a way to beat it.

[Jazz Quipster]

But, of course. Conservatives and Russia go together like peas and carrots.

[Moomoo22u2]

Trumps buddy Putin is now bombing maternity hospitals and killing infants and children indiscriminately.

[gogogoapple]

@Moomoo22u2 Putin isn’t and never was trumps buddy. Maybe Obama and Hillary’s buddy. You need to keep up on the news and revelations that it was Hillary’s team colluding with the Russians. The Russians wanted Biden in office way more than trump. Remember this probably not…

www.businessinsider.com/...

[C. King Alpha Flunkie]

@gogogoapple "The Russians wanted Biden in office"

Riiiiight......
😄😄😄

[gac1521]

@C. King Alpha Flunkie
Clinton funded a fake dossier on Trump. Biden got more than $3mm from the wife of the mayor of Moscow. Biden’s son was on the board of a Ukraine energy company with no experience

[Moomoo22u2]

Need flash for Diaper Don:

In Kyiv a woman knocked down a Russian drone from a balcony with a jar of cucumbers. How did they expect to occupy this country?

[Seek your own news]

@Moomoo22u2 no logical person believes that unsubstantiated proof-less claim. You are either a bot account or a severely deranged individual that needs help.

In the event you are the latter, cameras can see your booger stuck on your lip from outer space. If a drone were in the area, the “pickle jar throwing” person wouldn’t have the slightest clue as it would be damn near out of sight let alone within throwing distance.

Like I said, you need professional help.

[justanopion]

When the merger takes place what is the conversion rate or are they just keeping it as it is with cfvi

[RockyCT]

This is why Russia got powerful and bold:
www.youtube.com/...

[Moomoo22u2]

Trump stands shoulder to shoulder with Putin as he murders his way through Ukraine killing innocent citizens.

[gogogoapple]

@Moomoo22u2 you have no idea what you are talking about. Trump would have totally taken care of this like he did with Syrian situations. I can’t believe people are still buying this garbage. It has been discredited and proven false. Remember this? Probably not.

www.businessinsider.com/...

[Platypussy]

@gogogoapple Kind of like the way Trump took care of our allies, the Kurds, who bore the brunt of defeating ISIS? How he turned around and sold them out to their arch-enemy Turkey to protect his business interests in Istanbul?

Or the way he excluded the Afghan government from the negotiations with the Taliban wherein we laid down the terms of our surrender; wait until after the elections and we'll wind down our operations and get out of Dodge . . . and you can't shoot at our soldiers while we're doing it (and we won't shoot you).

ISIS is reconstituting itself and we all know how well Afghanistan held up after we withdrew ALL troops per Trump's agreement.

[gekko69]

@gogogoapple So what would he have done?
Pls specify for once?

[Moomoo22u2]

Scumbag Guy Reffitt GUILTY of all five charges working as a proxy for diaper Don back on Jan 6th.

[Ray44]

@Moomoo22u2 How much do they pay you to deflect? Pizza ? Gatorade?

[Moomoo22u2]

Devin Nunes really? This is the guy your’e going to rely on for your marching orders for all future attacks on our own country?

[munhoi]

@Moomoo22u2 he should have stuck to milking cows as the dairy farmer he was, the cow dung and fumes probably warped his mind into what he has become

[Mikew59]

From an investment, not political standpoint, something is wrong here. The S-4 should already be filed, where is it? The 8-K announcing the merger on October 26. The bogie to file the S-4 is two months later. It has now been 4-1/2 months. Why?

[rubegreenhorn]

@Mikew59 only the best people

[Moomoo22u2]

Abysmal platform rollout. No way to put lipstick on this. The numbers absolutely blow. Trump is livid. Pence is calling him out for coddling Putin’s testicles.

[danj85]

RT has been on Rumble since March 14th, 2021, which is almost a year.

[Platypussy]

I'm sure American corporations will be clamoring to associate with Rumble Russia if being advertised next to Lauren Bohbert, QAnon and Proud Boys enthusiasts wasn't enough.

[DividendInvestorLA]

The reason that people can't stand and don't trust the media is well shown in this headline.

No "journalist" ever says that AFP is "Elysée-backed" or the BBC is "10 Downing Street-backed" or that CBS is "Wherever-Trudean-Lives -backed"... The list goes on and on.

It's that constant not-so-subtle slant that is destroying any credibility in what used to be journalism.

[gekko69]

@DividendInvestorLA Ya bid difference called Democracy.
Is there democracy in Russia?
Is Johnson a dictatorship ?
Do people in Russia disappear when speaking out against Putin?
Is Trudeau invading Quebec?
Slight difference.