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Internet disagrees as Elon Musk gripes about Russell Brand 'pushing Rumble' over X

In his latest video, comedian Russell Brand expressed gratitude to his followers for their support and requested them to follow him on Rumble

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Elon Musk and Russell Brand seem to have hit a snag in their relationship as the former expressed disappointment with the comedian endorsing Rumble during a YouTube rant instead of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). 

Interestingly, amid this disagreement, the Tesla CEO remained conspicuously silent on the troubling allegations of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse leveled against the comedian.

In a brief three-minute video, the embattled comedian Brand recently expressed gratitude to his followers for their support and "for questioning the information that you have been presented with."

Elon Musk 'disappointed' about Russell Brand's endorsement of Rumble

Elon Musk conveyed his disappointment with Russell Brand's recent remarks where he had alluded to conspiracy theories, informing his followers that a more extensive video would soon be posted on Rumble.

The Tesla CEO too to X (formerly Twitter) to write, "It is rather disappointing that he is exclusively pushing Rumble when X has supported free speech just as much."

Internet disagrees with Elon Musk's claim that X supports free soon 

As soon as Elon Musk made the post, netizens flocked to let him know their perspectives regarding his claims. 

One person wrote, "I disagree. As far as I can tell, Rumble has never censored ANYONE. X on the other has. Still doing it till this day just not as often. They still haven't un-banned Alex Jones and others."

They continued, "Also, the 'freedom of speech, not freedom of reach' slogan is anti-free speech. It's equivalent to locking someone you don't agree with in a room by themselves."

Another user agreed, saying, "This. The mechanisms they use to limit speech and reach (afaik) have not been made public."

They added, "Sometimes your account is going fine, you're making posts and receiving notifications, then your account just goes dead, no more notifications."

"And I still see people posting their status from the shadowban testing site, showing that these bans are still happening. Different management, different tactics, not a free speech platform (yet)," continued the person. 

Another chimed in, "Yeah 100% I’ve had my account restricted on here for not even saying harmful/offensive things, just cuss words in a joke context to friends."

"Facts x is still absolutely nowhere close they limit and remove tweets constantly idk where they even get this 'uncensored term' you can’t say tra.,nny on here. 'X supports free speach' I’m pretty sure there is no limit to FREE speech," expressed one. 

A user noted, "Rumble has the LEGACY of a free speech platform. X/Twitter is still trying to catch up."

"X was looking promising for a bit but it’s quite obvious that the recent executive changes have caused free speech to have gone backwards in many respects for many users," added another user.