What's Next? Elon Musks Takes Interest In This Media Company

By Tere Scott | Friday, 30 September 2022 10:45 PM
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What's Next? Elon Musks Takes Interest In This Media Company

Elon Musk may not be stopping at his attempts to buy Twitter.

Though admittedly he is a bit “preoccupied” at the moment with lawsuits, he may have another social media platform in his sights.

Musk responded to Rumble founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski on Twitter late Tuesday, suggesting the two should meet. Elon Musk said, “Maybe worth talking at some point.”

The Twitter conversation thread saga started when English actor and comedian Russell Brand, who goes by the name @rustyrockets on Twitter, was censored by YouTube. His Tweet started the conversation that ended with Musk and Rumble founder talking.

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The initial Tweet referred to a controversy that began over COVID vaccine information. Brand claimed that YouTube leaves up videos indicating that COVID vaccines are super effective while taking down those questioning their science. He stated that YouTube had officially censored his channel. He claims that YouTube censored at least one of his videos for containing “misinformation.”

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The censorship led to Brand moving to a rival platform, Rumble. Rumble is a rival to the popular video site YouTube. Rumble, however, promises a censorship-free, open forum dedicated to free speech. Rumble, now traded publicly on NASDAQ as RUM, was started by Pavlovski.

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When the platform went public on NASDAQ, Dan Bongino suggested to Musk via the Twitter thread that it would be “incredible if you and Rumble got together. A force multiplier like no other.”

Musk responded, “I’m a little preoccupied rn.” Most likely, Musk was referring to the lawsuit pending over his Twitter buyout deal.

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Pavlovski replied to the thread by saying, “I founded Rumble and forever wanted to work with you.” He continued explaining that he had been ready since he visited SpaceX 12 years ago. He said, “I was ready 12 years ago, and I’m ready 12 years from now. ‘Whenever you’re ready.’ In the meantime, let’s peer our data centers with Starlink to secure free speech.” When Musk saw that reply, it piqued his interest. He responded, “May be worth talking at some point.”

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