The YouTube competitor said it’s moving into a property in Sarasota County’s Longboat Key on Florida’s Gulf Coast, with plans to hire at least 20 people immediately and “invest upwards of $50 million in the state over the next several years.” (The Logic)
Talking point: The privately held company that emphasizes its scrappy opposition to Big Tech has become a popular platform for alt-right content; its “editor picks” Tuesday afternoon led with a comedy video featuring a doddering Joe Biden impersonator confusing the movie Dune with real life. Its statement announcing the move featured Trump-aligned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis welcoming Rumble and its fight against “Big Tech censorship” to his state. The company didn’t immediately reply to an inquiry from The Logic about what the Sarasota announcement means for its Canadian operations.