Toronto police have launched an investigation into Rebel News for broadcasting alleged Islamophobic messages on a billboard truck. The truck, owned by Rebel News, displayed ads criticizing pro-Hamas gangs, which led to accusations of hate speech. Rebel News founder Ezra Levant could face up to two years in prison if convicted. The investigation has sparked a debate on free speech, with some accusing the authorities of hypocrisy for targeting Rebel News while ignoring similar actions by Hamas supporters. The situation has also drawn attention to broader issues of censorship, the definition of journalism in Canada, and the implications of BillC63 under Trudeau's administration.
Toronto police and Canada's left-wing circus come to censor Rebel News In front of me, Toronto City Hall. Behind me, a billboard truck. On it are messages paid by a third party advertiser. Canadians opposed to the occupation of our streets and campuses. The ads on that truck… https://t.co/f7yWAeLmqu
THE @EZRALEVANT SHOW Canada's left-wing circus comes to censor Rebel News https://t.co/WbUdNiOluX
In front of me, Toronto City Hall. Behind me, a billboard truck, whose ads have raised the ire of the censorious left. FULL REPORT by @EzraLevant: https://t.co/Amgu7hDq3M
Please donate here to Save the Truck! Toronto Police are investigating Rebel News for hate speech. A conviction could see Ezra Levant jailed for two years. https://t.co/MvKW7xWUpO.
What has Canada's activist media been reporting on this week? Find out in the Rebel to Rabble Review #cdnpoli https://t.co/kDc0Sp62HI
🚨🚨EPIC FREE SPEECH DEBATE IN CANADA Rebel News Owner Ezra Levant calls into former Toronto Mayor John Tory's radio news show and sparks fly! 🔥🔥 Who is wrong here?!? https://t.co/Ay8TPGyX66
Rebel News founder Ezra Levant says he could face up to two years in prison for allowing an anonymous group to run video advertisements on a truck he owns. https://t.co/FV3NM3z78n
WATCH: @EzraLevant debates former Toronto mayor @JohnTory over viral billboard truck Ezra Levant defends free speech after critics branded a third-party ad played on the Rebel News billboard truck 'Islamophobic.' https://t.co/qqj9wgavgx
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LISTEN: Disgraced former mayor @JohnTory debates Rebel News' @EzraLevant over a new billboard truck pushing back against Hamas thugs. Tory wants prosecution for 'hate crimes' like this. Ezra pushes back and calls this hypocrisy. Support our fight: https://t.co/MvKW7xWUpO https://t.co/6MSm09sCxy
REBEL ROUNDUP | Rebel billboard truck goes viral, Canada/Cuba incompetence, Waxing and human rights HOST: @SheilaGunnReid https://t.co/S9j0GlO2OA
.@TPSOperations Hate Crime Unit is investigating @RebelNewsOnline for a van owned by them that was riding around Toronto broadcasting anti-Muslim hate. The same van was parked @UJAFederation “Walk with Israel” - same plates / van. Here’s Toronto Police chief & @RebelNewsOnline https://t.co/m4EY9pDEEz
WATCH: How deep does China's foreign interference network go? .@EzraLevant and @RealAndyLeeShow discuss a recent bombshell report alleging that some parliamentarians have been "wittingly" colluding with foreign governments. https://t.co/mRNouga8cT
WATCH: @EzraLevant is at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto with the Rebel News billboard truck, trying to track down @MayorOliviaChow and to talk with regular Canadians in the city. Visit https://t.co/MvKW7xWUpO to support our fight for free speech! https://t.co/2XqILokMVl
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Publisher of Rebel News @ezralevant called in to Moore in the Morning after hearing our conversations about their van under investigation by Toronto Police hate crime unit for it's Islamophobic messaging. Here's what he had to say: https://t.co/MN50gR6gJF https://t.co/Y2AaDKhR6n
Hamas supporters put “From the River to the Sea” and “Zionism is Terrorism” on a truck and Toronto Police did nothing. Rebel News responded with a truck asking if “This is Iraq,” and the Toronto Police went defcon one. Canada has fallen. https://t.co/GCRPyGl8RR
Rebel News claims ownership of van under investigation by Toronto police hate crimes unit https://t.co/HqIOypHfn4
WATCH: Rebel News journalist David Menzies (@TheMenzoid) speaks with Pickering City Councillor Lisa Robinson (@LifelibertyLisa) about City Council's attempts to stifle debate and freedom of the press. MORE: https://t.co/D8WB01Brru https://t.co/YfhbAVofbe
"Amid a police investigation and widespread condemnation of a digital-advertising truck broadcasting Islamophobic messages on GTA streets, far-right media outlet Rebel News says it owns the vehicle and will send it out again." https://t.co/0oBsUm0d0G https://t.co/rdu6YIV7g7
THE @EZRALEVANT SHOW Toronto police investigate Rebel News for alleged 'hate crime' GUEST: Rebel News Contributor, Andy Lee (@RealAndyLeeShow) speaks on the alleged foreign interference committed by several MPs. https://t.co/Rw5DkaZmb6
From @joe_warmington: Probe into 'Islamophobic' van signs slammed as free-speech hypocrisy https://t.co/yFrEM2tHuo
WATCH: @EzraLevant provides an update on Rebel News' challenge of the Trudeau Liberals' attempts to define who practices journalism in Canada. Visit Rebel News for more on this story: https://t.co/2Qr39rpYmE https://t.co/YXP7vfSNzW
Toronto police are investigating after video footage of an advertising truck broadcasting Islamophobic messages on GTA streets has gone viral. https://t.co/Kb0bsvdG2W
I've been informed that @RebelNewsOnline owns the video truck seen driving around Toronto with messaging on the side. Free speech like this has no place in Canada. That's why I'm using #BillC63 to imprison @EzraLevant, freeze his back accounts, and trample him with horses. https://t.co/a7kAdzGGkS
🚨TRUDEAU’S REVENGE: Police investigate Rebel News for hate speech. Police claim a third-party ad broadcast on Rebel’s billboard truck is “Islamophobic” for criticizing pro-Hamas gangs who blocked city streets. Please help us at https://t.co/7msxLfYbVS. https://t.co/zkRzxSIwGV
That's our truck. And those ads are from regular Canadian citizens who are afraid of Hamas and want to speak out. Help us fight back against this abusive censorship. Go to https://t.co/7msxLfYbVS https://t.co/WOgOZz8239
WATCH: Toronto Police investigate Rebel News for hate speech A conviction could see @EzraLevant jailed for two years — please help fight back. https://t.co/DR0SjNeanJ
You've allowed an antisemitic crime wave in Toronto. Your officers brought coffee to Hamas gangs blocking a road into a Jewish neighbourhood. But the moment anyone criticizes Hamas, you slap them with a hate speech investigation? Help me fight back at https://t.co/7msxLfYbVS. https://t.co/HS2NKW90IW