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Which platforms have banned Phil Godlewski and when did each ban occur?
Executive summary
Available sources list Phil Godlewski as active on Telegram and Rumble and recount legal and reporting controversies, but they do not provide a clear, sourced timeline of platform bans or exact dates for any deplatforming actions (not found in current reporting). The strongest platform-presence facts in the files: Telegram followers "more than 600,000" and Rumble subscribers "156,000" are reported by Raw Story citing coverage of his audience size [1].
1. What the reporting actually documents about platforms and reach
Coverage assembled here repeatedly references Godlewski’s large audiences on specific platforms: Raw Story reports he had "more than 600,000 followers on the right-wing social media app Telegram and another 156,000 subscribers on the alternative video platform Rumble" [1]. Rolling Stone and other pieces focus on his public profile, his legal actions, and the fallout from those suits rather than cataloguing platform moderation actions [2].
2. No sourced list of platform bans or dates in these results
The documents provided include no authoritative list or dates of bans across platforms for Phil Godlewski; none of the items in your search results state “Platform X banned Phil Godlewski on [date].” For example, Raw Story and Rolling Stone detail his legal exposure and audience size but do not report explicit ban events or timelines [1] [2]. Therefore any specific claim that a named platform banned him on a particular date is not supported by these sources (not found in current reporting).
3. Why coverage focuses on lawsuits and alleged misconduct rather than deplatforming
The immediate thrust of the mainstream pieces here is investigative: Rolling Stone and Raw Story recount how Godlewski’s defamation suit against the Scranton Times-Tribune led to disclosure of past court records and allegations about behavior from 2008–2010 [2] [1]. Techdirt and other commentary contextualize the lawsuit and the court’s reaction but again do not shift into platform-moderation timelines [3]. That editorial focus explains why the sources document influence and controversy rather than a chronology of deplatforming [2] [1] [3].
4. Primary source material you do have: his Telegram presence and self-published channels
Direct channel pages and indices in the results show Godlewski maintains Telegram channels, including "Phil Godlewski 2.0" and "Phil Godlewski 3.0" listings and references to channel moderation activities such as unmuting and "bans are also being lifted for most" on his Telegram posts [4] [5]. Those items indicate activity and moderation inside Telegram communities but do not establish platform-wide bans or when they occurred [4] [5].
5. Conflicting or complementary signals: audience numbers vs. enforcement actions
Some coverage emphasizes his financial and audience footprint—claims about earnings and property purchases appear in Raw Story tied to his thousands-to-hundreds-of-thousands follower counts [1]. Commentary pieces (Techdirt, Substack) critique his influence and previous convictions, but these sources differ in tone and purpose: investigative reporting vs. opinion/analysis. None of these files resolve the narrower question of which platforms formally banned him and when [1] [3] [6].
6. What to request next for a definitive answer
To produce the precise timeline you asked for, look for: (a) official statements from individual platforms (Twitter/X, Facebook/Meta, YouTube, Rumble, Telegram, Twitch, etc.) announcing account removals or suspensions; (b) archived profile pages showing takedown dates; or (c) contemporaneous reporting that cites platform notices or emails. Those specific documents are not present in the current result set (not found in current reporting).
7. Caveats, agendas and reader guidance
Be aware that some sources here are opinion or aggregated summaries (Substack, Techdirt, One News Page) and may carry advocacy or editorial angles—The Substack author frames Godlewski as a danger to followers and Techdirt emphasizes court skepticism about his suit [6] [3]. Raw Story and Rolling Stone report investigative facts about his past plea and the consequences of his lawsuit; those pieces aim to explain reputational and legal fallout rather than catalog platform moderation [1] [2]. If you want a neutral, verifiable ban-timeline, prioritize direct platform statements or contemporaneous moderation notices.
If you’d like, I can run a targeted search (or you can supply additional articles or platform notices) for explicit deplatforming announcements and dates and then produce the exact timeline you requested.