The findings illustrate how alternative platforms like Rumble have become hot spots for election-related misinformation as they have increased in popularity.Misleading or deceptive claims about voting and elections have proliferated in heading into next week’s elections and have been blamed for increasing distrust and polarization.Many videos contained debunked claims about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the QAnon conspiracy theory, as well as misinformation about voting and the elections.According to a mission statement on the platform’s website, Rumble aims “to restore the internet to its roots by making it free and open once again.”Rumble said in September it now has 78 million active monthly users around the world, with 63 million in the United States and Canada.The Florida-based platform’s growth has come from users interested in news and politics, as well as younger users in the 18-24 age group, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski said in September."