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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

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In January 2021, we filed

an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Google

unlawfully gives an advantage to its YouTube platform over Rumble in search engine results and in the mobile phone market.

In June 2021,

Google filed a partial motion to dismiss the lawsuit and a motion to strike;

an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the U.S.

District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Google unlawfully

gives an advantage to its YouTube platform over Rumble in search engine results and in the mobile phone market.

In June 2021, Google filed

a partial motion to dismiss the lawsuit and a motion to strike;

in July 2022, the court denied Google’s motion.

case is currently in discovery, with trial scheduled for May 2025.

Discovery has concluded,

and the court heard argument on Google’s motion for summary judgment in February 2025.

Trial was scheduled for May 2025, but has

been moved to July 7, 2025.

In addition, in May 2024,

we filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google in the U.S.

District Court for the Northern District of California related to Google’s

monopolization of the online advertising market.

This lawsuit is separate and distinct from the self-preferencing lawsuit filed in January

In August 2024, we filed an amended complaint, and in September 2024, Google filed a motion to dismiss.

In December 2024, the U.S.

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) transferred the case to the existing proceeding, In re:

Google Digital Advertising

Antitrust Litigation (JPML No.

After common questions of facts are resolved in the Multidistrict Litigation proceeding, its

case would be transferred back to the Northern District of California for trial.

A second amended compliant will be filed during the week

of March 24, 2025.

In January 2022, we received

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fees or expenses.

In August 2022, we received

notification of a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida by Interactive Content

Engines LLC (“ICE”), a non-practicing entity.

We agreed to settle the lawsuit in March 2024;

the material terms of the settlement

include no payment by Rumble to ICE and a covenant by ICE not to sue any current Rumble entity for patent infringement.

In October 2022 and December

2023, we received notifications of two putative class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).

In December 2023, the U.S.

District Court for the Middle District of Florida dismissed the first VPPA lawsuit based on the forum selection

clause in our terms and conditions.

Shortly thereafter, the plaintiff in the second VPPA lawsuit voluntarily dismissed his complaint.

The plaintiff in the first VPPA lawsuit appealed the district court’s decision to the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit;

in March 2024, the parties agreed to the voluntary dismissal of the appeal, with each party bearing its own costs and no consideration

being exchanged.

Mediation is scheduled for April 14, 2025.

Along with co-plaintiff Eugene

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that appeal remains

In February 2023, we filed

a petition in the Court of Chancery under 8 Del.

§205, or Section 205 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Petition”)

to resolve potential uncertainty with respect to our authorized share capital that was introduced by the holding in Garfield v.

, 2022 WL 17959766 (Del.

The Court of Chancery granted our petition in March 2023 and entered an order under

§205 (1) declaring our current certificate of incorporation (the “Current Certificate of Incorporation”), including

the filing and effectiveness thereof, as validated and effective retroactive to the date of its filing with the Office of the Secretary

of State of the State of Delaware on September 15, 2022, and all amendments effected thereby and (2) ordering that our securities (and

the issuance of the securities) described in the Petition and any other securities issued in reliance on the validity of the Current Certificate

of Incorporation are validated and declared effective, each as of the original issuance dates.

In November 2023, we filed

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We have also asked the court to prohibit the defendants from repeating their false statements.

Jammi and Atkin’s

response to the complaint is due in April 2024.

the defendants filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim.

The court held a hearing on that motion on November 7, 2024.

parties filed motions for summary judgment.

The defendants filed a notice to withdraw their consent to a joint motion to extend the case

deadlines by six months and also withdrew their motion to dismiss.

Rumble subsequently filed a motion to deny defendants’ motion

for summary judgment.

In August 2024, we filed an

antitrust lawsuit in the U.S.

District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the World Federation of Advertisers, WPP plc,

and GroupM Worldwide LLC alleging a conspiracy to withhold advertising revenue from Rumble and other digital media platforms.

seeks a declaration that the defendants’ conduct is illegal, a permanent injunction against the conduct, damages, interest, and

legal fees, among other relief.

In September 2024, we filed an amended complaint, which added Diageo plc as a defendant.

The defendants’

filed a motion to dismiss on February 21, 2025.

Rumble’s answer is due on April 15, 2025.

In October 2024, plaintiff

David Stebbins filed a lawsuit in the U.S.

District Court for the District of Delaware naming Rumble Inc.

and an unaffiliated entity doing

business as “The Specter Report” as defendants.

Stebbins, who is not represented by counsel, alleges six counts of copyright

infringement and one count of slander and seeks injunctive relief and $900,000 in damages from Rumble.

We have not yet been formally served

with the lawsuit and believe that the allegations are meritless.

In November 2024, we filed

a lawsuit against the California Attorney General and Secretary of State in the U.S.

District Court for the Eastern District of California

to enjoin the enforcement of AB 2655, a recently enacted state law regulating online platforms.

The law would require online platforms

to receive reports about posts related to elections, public officials, and candidates for office that are deemed “materially deceptive,”

then remove or label the content.

Our lawsuit was consolidated with similar lawsuits filed by other affected online platforms and content

creators, and the state of California has agreed to enjoin the enforcement of the law during the initial phases of the litigation.

plaintiffs’ summary judgment motions were filed on March 7, 2025.

In February 2025, Rumble filed

a complaint and a request for a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) in the U.S.

District Court for the Middle District of

Florida against Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes related to content blocking orders issued by him against Rumble.

court denied, without prejudice, Rumble’s motion for a TRO on the grounds that the matter was not ripe for judicial review.

court noted that Justice Moraes’s pronouncements and directives had not been properly served on Rumble, that Rumble was not obligated

to comply with such pronouncements and directives, and that no U.S.

entity was required to enforce them.

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