Russell Brand Takes Veiled Dig At YouTube Demonetization, Asks Audience To Follow Him On Rumble: ‘Need Your Support Now More Than Ever’

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Russell Brand is speaking out after a week of headlines surrounding his sexual assault allegations. The accusations came to light following a joint investigation by The Times UK and Channel 4, which detailed the serious allegations against the comedian. “Hello there.

Obviously it’s been extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information that you’ve been presented with,” Brand began in a video statement uploaded to his Instagram account on Friday. “By now, you’re probably aware that the British government have asked big tech platforms to censor out online content and that some online platforms have complied with that request. READ MORE: Russell Brand Dropped By Agent, Book Publishing Paused After Rape And Sexual Assault Accusations “What you may not know is that this happens in the context of the online safety bill which is a piece of U.K.

legislation that grants sweeping surveillance and censorship powers,” he explained. “And it’s a law that has already been passed. “I also don’t imagine you’ve heard of the Trusted News Initiative,” Brand continued. “Now, as is often the case when a word like trusted is used as part of an acronym to describe an unelected body, trust is the last thing you should be offering.

The Trusted News Initiative is a collaboration between big tech and legacy media organizations to target control, choke and shut down independent media organizations, like this one. “We’ll be talking about that on our show on Monday on Rumble,” he revealed. “But just to give you an idea of what the TNI is, this is a quote from one of their spokespeople: ‘Because the actual real rivalry now is not between the BBC and CNN globally, it’s actually between