Andrew Tate

The self-described sexist was removed for violating Meta's policies on 'dangerous organizations and individuals'

“We’ve been removing violative videos and accounts for weeks, and we welcome the news that other platforms are also taking action against this individual.” “I am genuinely innocent.” Videos using hashtags related to Tate have been seen more than 12.7bn times. There’s no way you can be rooted in reality and not be sexist.” Since then, he has garnered backlash for his posts across social media, which domestic abuse charities have called “extreme misogyny”. He said: “I’m a realist and when you’re a realist you’re sexist.

Tate, a former kickboxer and reality TV star turned social media influencer has been all over the internet this summer, after releasing a series of videos ...

[Andrew Tate banned from Facebook and Instagram](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62602913) (BBC) [Andrew Tate Is Getting Yassified Online. [kicked off](https://www.indy100.com/viral/andrew-tate-fight-big-brother) after a video emerged showing him attacking a woman with a belt. Between July 10-23, he generated more Google searches than former President Donald Trump, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner and “Covid-19,” according to [Google Trends](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=andrew%20tate,donald%20trump,%2Fm%2F0261x8t,kylie%20jenner,covid-19). [petition](https://act.hopenothate.org.uk/page/111641/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw&en_ref=204275887) calling on the social media site to join Facebook and Instagram in removing Tate’s account, calling him a “violent misogynist.” He has been accused of running a marketing scheme to promote his online program, “Hustler’s University 2.0,” in which he tells students the key to success is attracting “comments and controversy,” [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star) reported. Slay.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/andrew-tate-is-getting-yassified-online) (BuzzFeed) [The internet can’t stop talking about Andrew Tate](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/internet-cant-stop-talking-andrew-tate-tiktok-rcna42744) (NBC News) ['One-stop hate shop': Andrew Tate's rise to TikTok superstardom is fueling violent misogyny and men's rights extremism ](https://www.insider.com/andrew-tate-tiktok-hustlers-university-misogyny-women-comments-mens-rights-2022-8)(Insider) He has denied all accusations against him, and his popularity has since skyrocketed. [Hope Not Hate](https://act.hopenothate.org.uk/page/111641/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw&en_ref=204275887), which argued Tate’s social media presence creates a “dangerous slip road into the far-right,” and the Rape Crisis England and Wales, which [told](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11091039/Andrew-Tate-TikTok-faces-calls-remove-misogynistic-videos-outspoken-British-influencer.html) the Daily Mail it is “unacceptable that such a blatant display of misogyny is being given a platform.” [condemned](https://www.instagram.com/p/ChA8mOSpiKF/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=167b9f7d-b4a2-4e87-b11e-817580135760) by advocacy groups and activists, including YouTube videos in which he refers to women as “ [property](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlB--jZldyg),” explains how to [attack](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J2cOq55iFZ4) women and force them into sex, and describes teenage girls as more attractive than women in their 20s because they can be [controlled](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wGdp8n246f8). [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62602913) reported. [policies](https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/XgzeCv2m4GtMjgG1iQzT2i?domain=transparency.fb.com) on hate speech, as well as their policy on “dangerous organizations and individuals. [bear responsibility](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-andrew-tate-raped-verify-kickboxer-b1996239.html?amp=)” for assault, remains on TikTok, where his posts have been viewed more than 12 billion times, as well as YouTube, where he has 756,000 subscribers.

This is the kind of decisive action needed to tackle the online radicalization of young men towards a violently misogynistic worldview.”

“Men like Andrew Tate aren't lone problems, so just removing him from the platforms won't have a lasting impact,” Akiwowo said. [removed](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-andrew-tate-raped-verify-kickboxer-b1996239.html?amp=) Tate’s various accounts that he used between 2017 and 2022, including one that it said it verified “in error” following a previous ban he managed to skirt around by creating new accounts. “The danger about making this just about Andrew Tate means we will be forced to be satisfied with him being banned from platforms. The online space has become another tool in the belt for supremacists,” Akiwowo said. “The same kind of action is now needed outside of high-profile cases like this – we know that women are experiencing stalking, harassment, and abuse online every day, often without so much as a response from social media companies,” she said. Tate insisted that the interaction was consensual.

Controversial influencer Andrew Tate has been banned from Facebook and Instagram, Meta confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Tate, 35, was taken off both ...

[criticizing women](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/89qumPOg53Q) on different platforms. "Our investigation into this content is ongoing, as we continue to remove violative accounts and videos, and pursue measures to strengthen our enforcement, including our detection models, against this type of content." He said the video was edited and "a total lie trying to make me look bad," the BBC reported. While an account associated with Tate on TikTok has been permanently banned, CBS News learned Friday, the company says it continues to ramp up enforcement on videos of Tate expressing hateful ideologies. Those videos have been uploaded from different accounts. Tate, 35, was taken off both platforms because he was violating Meta's policies on dangerous organizations and individuals, according to Meta.

Andrew Tate, the ex-kickboxer whose misogyny has attracted an audience of young men online, has been banned from Instagram and Facebook.

In April of 2022 police raided his home [in connection with a sex trafficking investigation](https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-raid-maga-king-of-toxic-masculinity-in-human-trafficking-investigation) after an woman claimed she was being held captive in Tate’s home. In a post that appeared to address the raid Tate included the caption “Officer…l think we can all agree that bitches love to lie.” As of April of 2022 that investigation [is still ongoing](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star). The webpage states that 50 percent of the women now in Tate’s employment were at one point in a relationship with him, and that none had cammed before meeting him. [moved to Romania](https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/andrew-tate-most-controversial-moments-2657868947) partially due to [ their relatively lax law enforcement](https://www.reddit.com/r/gammasecretkings/comments/u3ih83/andrew_tate_explains_the_primary_reason_he_moved/) around sexual assault, and continued to run his businesses from there. [tweeting in 2017](https://www.marieclaire.com.au/andrew-tate-tiktok-dangerous) that women should “bear some responsibility” for being raped and discussing in one podcast episode how he accidentally broke a woman’s jaw in a bar fight. In interviews, Tate has indicated that he “Somehow I am the villain, when all of my posts were bible verses and charitable donations.” Throughout his career, Tate has been dogged by controversy. reality show Big Brother in 2016, after videos emerged of him beating a woman with a belt, though both Tate and his ex, who said she was the person in the video, later said the encounter was consensual. His content has exploded on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, fueled by a loyal following of young fans who are absorbing his every word. [ retains a majority of the profits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ71aRw6Ml8&ab_channel=StandOutTV) [made by the women](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkD3Vc5t2g&ab_channel=AdinLive) he’s involved with, and has [referred](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/brothers-make-millions-using-webcam-26508739) to his business as a “total scam.” In a [now-removed section](https://web.archive.org/web/20220108225827/https://www.cobratate.com/phd-program) of his website, Tate bragged about his job being to “get women to fall in love” with him, in order to convince them to join his camming business. When reached for comment, Tate said the posts were made in jest, and that it was a “character” he was playing that has been taken out of context.

Andrew Tate, former kickboxer and viral influencer, was banned from social media platforms Facebook and Instagram by parent company Meta on Friday.

Tate denied both allegations. [permanently suspended](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-andrew-tate-raped-verify-kickboxer-b1996239.html) his account that year. [appearing on multiple podcasts and Twitch streams](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/internet-cant-stop-talking-andrew-tate-tiktok-rcna42744). [previously told NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/internet-cant-stop-talking-andrew-tate-tiktok-rcna42744) that his statements involve teaching men to "avoid toxic people as a whole." [company's polices on dangerous organizations and individuals](https://transparency.fb.com/en-gb/policies/community-standards/dangerous-individuals-organizations/). [teachers](https://www.instagram.com/p/ChK9vZUseYy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D).

The 35-year-old shot to notoriety in recent weeks after videos espousing his misogynistic beliefs received billions of views on social media.

Following in the footsteps of Facebook and Instagram, a spokesperson for TikTok has confirmed that the platform has disabled Tate’s account. But while the removal of Tate’s account is a significant step, his own profile had only accrued around 100,000 followers. “Violent misogynist Andrew Tate has been removed from Facebook and Instagram (where he had 4 million followers). That may seem surprising in the face of the self-proclaimed misogynist’s extreme ideology, but his widely-viewed videos are banking the site some serious advertising revenue. Meta, the company which owns the two social media giants confirmed that the 35-year-old was “violating its policies” with his misogynistic content. [Lowles wrote](https://twitter.com/lowles_nick/status/1560632532818726912).

The company Meta has banned social media influencer Andrew Tate, also known as TateSpeech online, from Facebook and Instagram platforms.

[outlandish comments](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star) about women’s intelligence, saying they’re “intrinsically lazy,” and is a strong proponent that men should have “authority” over a woman when in a relationship. Tate’s stance on the video is that it was edited and “a total lie trying to make me look bad,” as [ reported by the BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62602913). Tate told the Twitch streamer he doesn’t know why he was banned from the Meta platforms. The less things on my phone and it’s just one less thing I have to look at. It’s not something I use too often.” “It’s not a big loss for me.

A video by UK YouTuber Daz Black has seen controversial figure Andrew Tate banned on Meta social media platforms Facebook and Instagram.

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Meta companies Facebook and Instagram ban livestreamer Andrew Tate for violating its policies, while Tate remains on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok.

Andrew Tate is regularly smoking a cigar in a dark room with sunglasses on as he streams in front of a Twitch community of almost 49,000, and about 760,000 YouTube subscribers, numbers that continue to rise despite other platform bans. Other Twitch streamers have criticized Tate's actions, and it seems others agree with their criticism, as Facebook and Instagram users may have reported the posts that subsequently got him banned on the Meta platforms. Sharing misogynistic opinions online can often result in suspensions, bans, and more penalties, and that's no different from things popular streamer Andrew Tate said that sparked a Facebook and Instagram ban.

The influencer and former kickboxer was banned from multiple social media platforms after violating their policies. The influencer's misogynistic remarks ...

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Programme encouraging followers to post videos helped former kickboxer go viral.

One guide for students said attracting “comments and controversy” was the key to success on TikTok, adding: “What you ideally want is a mix of 60-70% fans and 40-30% haters. Tate told the Observer it was a “massive shame” he had been removed by Instagram and urged it to reinstate him. On 10 August a “professor” (senior member) in the Hustler’s University community posted: “Unfortunately Stripe is down right now. The closure of the affiliate programme signifies the loss of a key revenue stream for Tate and comes as membership statistics for Hustler’s University, which costs £36 a month, show it currently has about 109,000 members, down from 127,000 two weeks ago. The action by the social platforms has sparked allegations of censorship from fans, with Tate saying: “Banning me only inspires more internet hate mobs and more division. On TikTok, where videos of him were widely pushed to young users by the algorithm, content tagged with Tate’s name has been watched more than 12bn times.

Meta has banned controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate from its platforms Facebook and Instagram. Tate is now banned on many major social media ...

[has been banned for quite some time](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-tate-instagram-facebook-ban-influencer-misogynistic-views/) now, but his various fan accounts on TikTok have hundreds of thousands of followers. Joe Mulhall, director of research at the group, told the BBC that "Mr. Tate has so far been unapologetic about the many controversial statements (which you can read about At the time of his ban from [Meta's](https://mashable.com/category/meta) platforms, Tate had amassed over 4.7 million followers on Meta banned Tate for violating its policies on “dangerous organizations and individuals," The Guardian confirmed. Tate's questionable source of income appears to involve inducing customers at his "Hustler's University" business to create social media accounts, clipping short vignettes from Tate's podcast and interview appearances, and dispersing them to as many people as possible.

British YouTuber, rapper, and musician JJ "KSI" was the latest guest on the popular UK podcast, The Fellas, where he severely criticized the Andrew Tate ...

Tate has been at the center of attention on the internet due to his misogynistic and controversial statements on women. Here are some of the comments that were made: As of today, Hustler's University has over 100K monthly subscribers. However, KSI appeared unimpressed with the former kickboxer's enterprise. American streamer and political commentator Hasan "HasanAbi" Piker has also lashed out against Tate's sketchy business plan. [KSI](https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-ksi-logan-paul-announce-prime-collaboration-arsenal-football-club)" was the latest guest on the popular UK podcast, The Fellas, where he severely criticized the Andrew Tate Hustler's University.