By Connor Hart

Rumble inked a cloud-services agreement with El Salvador's government, under which the video platform said it will provide the country with services including cloud storage and computing.

The company on Friday said the deal represents "the increasing migration of the world toward companies that align more with the values of freedom that Rumble represents."

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Vice President-Elect JD Vance invested in Rumble in 2021, alongside a group of prominent conservative venture capitalists, including Peter Thiel. The company's deal with El Salvador comes after the country made bitcoin an official currency, though much of the plan was scaled back last month in exchange for a $1.4 billion loan by the International Monetary Fund.

Chief Executive Chris Pavlovski said the deal shows Rumble's infrastructure and capabilities are suitable for governments to trust for data and computing needs.

"This is also just more proof that the world recognizes the importance of independence from Big Tech, as no one wants to risk being technologically silenced because an activist in Silicon Valley doesn't like what you think or say," he said.

Big tech companies have been embracing Donald Trump's upcoming presidential terms. Earlier this week, Meta Platforms said it is ending fact-checking and removing restrictions on speech across Facebook and Instagram, a move CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as an attempt to restore free expression on its platforms.

Write to Connor Hart at connor.hart@wsj.com


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