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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

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be subject to insurance coverage.

On January 27, 2022, we received

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;

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

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

In January 2022, we received

notification of a lawsuit filed by Kosmayer Investment Inc.

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Court of Justice, alleging fraudulent misrepresentation in connection with KII’s decision to redeem its shares of Rumble in August

On June 3, 2022, we served our statement of defence, and KII filed a reply pleading on June 15, 2022.

The case remains in discovery.

KII is seeking rescission of such redemption such that, following such rescission, KII would own 20% of the issued and outstanding shares

of Rumble or, in the alternative, damages for the lost value of the redeemed shares, which KII has alleged to be worth $419.0 million

KII is seeking rescission of such redemption such that, following such rescission, KII would own 20% of the issued and outstanding

shares of Rumble or, in the alternative, damages for the lost value of the redeemed shares, which KII has alleged to be worth $419.0 million

(based on the value ascribed to the shares of Rumble in the Business Combination), together with other damages including punitive damages

The case remains in discovery.

Although we believe that the allegations are meritless and intend to vigorously defend against

them, the result or impact of such claim is uncertain, and could result in, among other things, damages, and/or awards of attorneys’

The case is currently in discovery.

Although we believe that the allegations are meritless and intend to vigorously defend

against them, the result or impact of such claims is uncertain, and could result in, among other things, damages, and/or awards of attorneys’

fees or expenses.

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;

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

The case is currently

in discovery, with trial scheduled for November 4, 2024.

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.

On October 5, 2022, we filed our answer to ICE’s complaint and counterclaims

asserting non-infringement and invalidity of the asserted patents.

The court has scheduled a claim construction hearing for May 31, 2023.

Although we believe that the allegations of infringement are meritless and intend to vigorously defend against them, the result or impact

of such lawsuit is uncertain, and could result in, among other things, damages and/or awards of attorneys’ fees or expenses.

In October 2022, we received notification of a putative class action

lawsuit alleging violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

On March 13, 2023, the court denied our motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

Although we believe that the allegations are meritless and intend

to vigorously defend against them, the result or impact of the lawsuit is uncertain, and could result in, among other things, damages

and/or awards of attorneys’ 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.

Along with co-plaintiff Eugene

Volokh, on December 1, 2022, we filed a lawsuit in the U.S.

Volokh, in December 2022, we filed a lawsuit in the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District of New York to block the enforcement

of New York State’s Social Media Law.

On February 14, 2023, the court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction, halting enforcement

on March 13, 2023, the New York Attorney General filed a notice of her intent to appeal that decision to the U.S.

Appeals for the Second Circuit.

On February 17, 2023, we filed a petition in the Court of Chancery

§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 a recent holding in Garfield v.

, 2022 WL 17959766

The Court of Chancery granted our petition on March 6, 2023, and entered an order that same day under 8 Del.

In February 2023, the court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction, halting enforcement

The New York Attorney General appealed that decision to the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit;

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

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

We have received a litigation demand concerning

the subject matter of the Petition, which we now believe to be moot by virtue of the granting of the Petition.

In November 2023, we filed

a defamation lawsuit in the U.S.

District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin, co-founders

of an organization that targets news outlets and platforms that do not adhere to their political worldview.

The lawsuit seeks actual,

presumed, and punitive damages against Jammi and Atkin for their defamatory statements about Rumble, in addition to all costs and fees

associated with the case.

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.

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