by Lincoln Brown, PJ Media:
Normally, I don’t keep an eye on celebrity news. And since I don’t follow Russell Brand, I have only peripherally followed the accusations that currently surround him. But plenty of others are keeping close tabs on him, and many are talking about the fact that Brand did not find himself in this particular pot of hot water until he began departing from the “approved narrative.” Those people have drawn the conclusion that Brand would have been left to do as he pleased and perhaps even enjoyed cover from the media and the other powers that be had he simply remained compliant about hot-button issues, including vaccinations.
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Now it would appear that one of Brand’s platforms, Rumble, may risk being banned in the UK over the accusations. The Times is reporting that the British government is not just eyeballing Brand but also Rumble. That country’s media watchdog, Ofcom, may start regulating the platform under the auspices of the Online Safety Bill, which is set to become law in October. The law says that platforms must prevent children from seeing content that is pornographic or promotes suicide, eating disorders, and self-harm. Violent content, videos that incite violence or promote racism, and content that is deemed “harmful to health” are also prohibited. That includes misinformation about vaccines.
Lord Allan of Hallam, who is a former Facebook executive who advised on the creation of the bill, commented:
“You can’t get out of this by saying ‘I’m a crazy American platform, that’s not ok’ and that somehow you get a free pass. They don’t get a free pass Their whole philosophy is freedom of expression . . . a kind of ‘screw you’. So when they get a letter from Ofcom saying, ‘Here are all the things you’re going to have to do’, it seems to me the most likely reaction is going to be they’re going to say, ‘Well, we won’t operate in the UK any more.’
The Times even said that if Rumble executives refuse to comply, they could face jail time if they visit the UK. Rumble chief executive Chris Pavlovski posted a response to X. Along with noting that the allegations against Brand are unrelated to his Rumble content, Pavlovski said:
