“We made an error, in my opinion, a relatively small error, and we’re being penalized! For me, that looks like censorship, and the reason I think it looks like censorship is because there’s mainstream media misinformation up all the time,” Brand said, according to Fox News.
“So we’re asking: Is there one standard for independent news broadcasters like us on our channel, and a different standard for what we would call the ‘mainstream media?’” he asked.
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— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) September 27, 2022
The actor asserted that YouTube is actually part of the mainstream media. Musk appreciated his stance and tweeted to Brand, “Good point.”
Conservative Dan Bongino suggested that Musk team up with Rumble, “Elon, It would be really incredible if you and Rumble got together. A force multiplier like no other.” He responded, “I’m a little preoccupied [right now].”
Good point
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 27, 2022
I’m a little preoccupied rn
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 27, 2022
Chris Pavlovksi, who is the founder of Rumble, told Musk via Twitter, “Elon, I founded Rumble and forever wanted to work with you.”
“Below is from 2010 when I visited SpaceX. I was ready 12 years ago, and I’m ready 12 years from now. Whenever you’re ready 🚀,” he told the space mogul. “In the meantime, let’s peer our datacenters with Starlink to secure free speech 🙂”
Musk opened the door to the possibility by replying, “Maybe worth talking at some point.”
Maybe worth talking at some point
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 28, 2022
