Freshly minted video streaming company Rumble is suing Google for a billion dollars worth of damages and lost revenue according to an exclusive report from Axios.
Google is being accused of altering the fundamental neutrality of their search algorithm and as a result, Rumble is losing out on traffic. To put it in simple words, Rumble is not showing up on Google search results and their video streaming platform i.e. YouTube is profiting off it. Google has been accused of “unlawfully foreclosing competition.” where it being the biggest search engine is not maintaining the neutrality of the search results and allegedly “self-preferencing.”.
“Against evil, we go on offense,” Rumble CEO Pavlovski wrote. Other users offered their support for the platform’s lawsuit, with one writing, “Great to see companies boldly standing their ground against Google.”
At the time of writing, Google has filed a motion to dismiss their lawsuit which has been rejected by the court so as things stand, the case is moving forward. The trial for Rumble’s lawsuit is scheduled for next April in Oakland, California, and should emerge victorious, Google will have to pay them a billion dollars.
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