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On Rumble, a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election misinformation hosts election deniers from across the country

Rumble, a right-wing video streaming platform which has become a home for QAnon supporters, election deniers, and other extremists, hosts Why We Vote, a show that is dedicated to election misinformation and affiliated with QAnon-promoting Badlands Media. The show has been hosting election deniers from around the country, including some key figures involved with Arizona Republican Kari Lake’s unsuccessful legal efforts to overturn her gubernatorial election defeat. 

Badlands Media, which is a Rumble channel founded by QAnon influencers Jon Herold and Kate Buckley (known online as “Patel Patriot” and “Kate Awakening,” respectively), features multiple QAnon influencers as hosts and largely dedicates its programming to covering QAnon and related conspiracy theories. One of its…


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Some social media sites don’t mind being home to misinformation

After the Capitol insurrection, major social media and web hosting platforms that provide the tools for them to stay online, like Amazon Web Services, made substantial efforts to eradicate domestic violent extremists and conspiracy groups like QAnon from their platforms.

AWS removed far-right social media space Parler from its services, causing it to go temporarily offline. 

Since then, many of these far-right groups have jumped to online spaces like Gab.

These alternative hosting companies hold terms of service that allow hate speech and other unfavorable content to flourish on their platforms. 

The most well-known of these alternative hosting sites is Epik, backed by CEO Rob Monster, who over the years has provided services to several hate-speech-filled message boards like neo-Nazi…


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Some Social Media Sites Don’t Mind Housing Misinformation (VIDEO)

Far-right groups have turned to online spaces that allow hate speech and other unfavorable content.

After the Capitol insurrection, major social media and web hosting platforms which provide the tools for them to stay online, like Amazon Web Services, made strong efforts to eradicate domestic violent extremists and conspiracy groups like QAnon from their platforms. AWS removed far-right social media space Parler from its services, causing it to go temporarily offline. 

Since then, many of these far-right groups have jumped to online spaces like Gab. These alternative hosting companies hold terms of service that allow hate speech and other unfavorable content to flourish on their platforms. 

The most well-known of these alternative hosting sites is Epik, backed by CEO Rob Monster, who…


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