{"id":1184113,"date":"2022-01-03T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184113"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:19:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T21:19:47","slug":"sen-rand-paul-quits-youtube-for-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-quits-youtube-for-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Rand Paul Quits YouTube for Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-rand-paul-quits-youtube-for-rumble%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has announced he will no longer post videos to YouTube, encouraging others who oppose Big Tech censorship to join him in leaving the Google-owned platform. He will continue to post videos to the internet via his <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/RandPaul\">Rumble<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>The libertarian leaning-Kentucky senator said his decision was part of a broader exodus from the Big Tech platforms, which he accuses of censorship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_6684278\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-Susan-Wojcicki-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6684278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-Susan-Wojcicki-AP.jpg\" alt=\"In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks during the introduction of YouTube TV at YouTube Space LA in Los Angeles. Google\u2019s online package of about 40 television channels debuts on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in the tech industry\u2019s latest bid to get cable-shunning millennials to pay for television. (AP Photo\/Reed Saxon, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (AP Photo\/Reed Saxon, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17585586\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sundar-Pichai-CEO-of-Google.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17585586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Sundar-Pichai-CEO-of-Google.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sundar Pichai CEO of Google ( Carsten Koall \/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>YouTube has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/08\/10\/rand-paul-blasts-youtube-for-censorship-of-his-coronavirus-remarks\/\"> repeatedly censored<\/a> Sen. Paul\u2019s content, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2020\/02\/13\/rand-paul-blasts-youtube-over-censorship-of-speech-on-senate-floor\/\">speech on the floor of the Senate<\/a>. The Senator has nonetheless defended, on free-market grounds, tech companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paul.senate.gov\/news\/dr-rand-paul-blasts-youtube-continued-censorship\">right to censor<\/a> whoever they please, including himself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Republican senator has called on conservatives to vote with their feed and leave the mainstream Big Tech platforms, arguing that the free market can solve tech censorship if a mass exodus took place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout half of the public leans right. If we all took our messaging to outlets of free exchange, we could cripple Big Tech in a heartbeat. So, today I take my first step toward denying my content to Big Tech. Hopefully, other liberty lovers will follow,\u201d said Sen. Paul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a libertarian leaning Senator, I think private companies have the right to ban me if they want to, however, those of us who believe that truth comes from disputation and that the marketplace of ideas is a prerequisite for innovation should shun the close-minded censors and take our ideas elsewhere, which is exactly what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Paul\u2019s videos are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/RandPaul\">Rumble<\/a>, a video hosting platform that many Republicans and conservatives have moved to. In a press release, the Senator\u2019s office praised Rumble for not censoring the news.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has announced he will no longer post videos to YouTube, encouraging others who oppose Big Tech censorship to join him in leaving the Google-owned platform. 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