Right-wing video site Rumble grows, as does its misinformation


The Rumble app download page on a smartphone against a YouTube logo background in Los Angeles, March 29, 2023. The video-sharing platform Rumble, flush with cash after a US$400mil investment in 2022, is aiming to position itself as the YouTube for conservatives even as it faces criticism for allowing widespread misinformation and conspiracy theories. — AFP

WASHINGTON: The video-sharing platform Rumble, flush with cash after a US$400mil investment, is pushing toward its goal of becoming the YouTube for American conservatives, even as it faces criticism for allowing misinformation and conspiracy theories to proliferate.

Its monthly active user base rose to 80 million at the end of December, more than double the year-earlier figure, the company said on Thursday.

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