Rumble founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski says he “departed from Europe” after French police arrested Telegram’s CEO and the country “threatened” the video-sharing site.
The founder and CEO of Rumble — a YouTube alternative billing itself as “immune to cancel culture” — says he has “departed” from Europe after the arrest of encrypted messaging app Telegram CEO Pavel Durov.
“I’ve just safely departed from Europe,” Chris Pavlovski, a Canadian national, posted to X on Sunday, Aug. 25.
He claimed France had “threatened Rumble” and had “crossed a red line” by arresting Telegram’s Pavel Durov. In November 2022, Rumble blocked access to French users, claiming the country’s government asked it to remove “certain Russian news sources,” which it said it would legally challenge.
