Locals

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Locals
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Founded2019
Owner Rumble
URL https://locals.com

Locals Technology Inc., also referred to as locals.com, is a US creator crowdfunding site cofounded by Dave Rubin and Assaf Lev. It started in 2019 and is based in Miami.

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The site was founded after Rubin and Jordan Peterson left Patreon in response to its banning of Carl Benjamin for paraphrasing hate speech. The startup raised just over $1 million from 10 506(b) private placement investors in March 2020. [1] [2] Locals announced further funding of $3.8 million on April 20, 2021 led by Craft Ventures. [3] [4] [5]

The site deviates from the advertising and views model adopted by traditional social media, in favor of a paywall approach. [6]

Assaf Lev is the President and CEO; Lev was previously an executive at QualiSystems. Andrew Conru is also a director. [1] [2] [7]

Locals was acquired by Rumble in October 2021. [8]

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