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Rumble is at a crossroads in Brazil.
Brazil has a poor man version of Joe Rogan, called Monark. He hosted Brazil's biggest podcast.
Monark holds a few controversial opinions. The most controversial one is free speech.
Brazil doesn't have free speech. But we have grown with a very strong US influence, from TV and now from YouTube. And sometimes we forget reality and we live under the false impression that when we are in the internet, we are under US laws.
Monark's free speech view is very much like what is though of free speech in the US.
Rumble has flourished as a free speech platform in the US. It became a new home for many YouTubers that lost their platform.
Rumble became central in Brazil after Google kicked out Monark. Rumble housed Monark.
But now, Rumble's fight is not against Google. It's fight is against the government.
Monark's bank accounts were frozen and the government took 300k BRL (~75k USD). He was ordered to shut up.
Monark's Rumble account has been suspended.
There's not much info beyond that.
Brazil has a poor man version of Joe Rogan, called Monark. He hosted Brazil's biggest podcast.
Monark holds a few controversial opinions. The most controversial one is free speech.
Brazil doesn't have free speech. But we have grown with a very strong US influence, from TV and now from YouTube. And sometimes we forget reality and we live under the false impression that when we are in the internet, we are under US laws.
Monark's free speech view is very much like what is though of free speech in the US.
Rumble has flourished as a free speech platform in the US. It became a new home for many YouTubers that lost their platform.
Rumble became central in Brazil after Google kicked out Monark. Rumble housed Monark.
But now, Rumble's fight is not against Google. It's fight is against the government.
Monark's bank accounts were frozen and the government took 300k BRL (~75k USD). He was ordered to shut up.
Monark's Rumble account has been suspended.
There's not much info beyond that.