by Rick Findlay at Reclaim the Net
Chris Pavlovski, CEO of Rumble, a video-sharing platform, has escalated his company’s ongoing battle with Google, alleging unfair treatment in search results. In a series of posts on X, Pavlovski criticized Google for not listing Rumble in searches related to “Dan Bongino” or “Dan Bongino Show,” despite the show’s exclusive live stream on Rumble and Bongino being one of the top podcasters in the US.
Rumble only appears in Google’s search results when paid for as a sponsored listing, despite ranking as the #2 result on other search engines like DuckDuckGo and Bing and on the first page of Google Search competitor Brave.
The accusation adds fuel to an already fiery legal dispute between Rumble and Google. Rumble filed a lawsuit earlier this year against the tech giant for alleged antitrust violations, focusing on Google’s digital advertising products and practices that Rumble claims harm competition and consumer choice.
Rumble’s lawsuit, filed in May, 2024, accuses Google of…
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