Toxic Influencer Andrew Tate, 35, has been banned from Facebook and Instagram after he was slammed for creating false content.
Meta, which owns two social media platforms, said the controversial influencer violated its policies.
The ex-Big Brother star made a multi-million-pound fortune by posting disturbingly false videos.
The video has garnered over 11.6 billion views on the app under the hashtag Andrew Tate, but has called out the content for promoting ‘extreme misogyny’ and being able to ‘radicalize’ youth.
The controversial influencer has been banned from Facebook and Instagram. Social media platform owner Meta says 35-year-old Andrew Tate violated its policies
There have been 11.6 billion views on the Tiktok app under the hashtag of his name.
Meta told the BBC it had removed the former kickboxer from its platform for violating its policies on dangerous organizations and individuals – but did not provide further details.
At the time of her removal, she had 4.7 million followers on Instagram – a number that grew rapidly from nearly a million followers in June two months earlier.
Tate has yet to comment on the ban. MailOnline has contacted him for comment.
Twitter had already banned him from its platform as he said that women who have been raped should ‘bear some responsibility’.
In a video, the 35-year-old billionaire advises men accused of cheating on his girlfriend to ‘beat her with an ax, pounce on her face and grab her by the neck’. B*tch shut up.’
Earlier this year in April, misogyny was investigated for people trafficking and rape by police in Romania, following a complaint from a woman who lived there with him.
Influencer Andrew Tate’s Controversial Past
2012:
Tate’s historic tweets were revealed, which allegedly depicted abusive messages he sent to singer Cheryl about her marriage to footballer Ashley Cole.
In one message he refers to Cheryl and her ex-husband as ‘giant w*g sockets’, as well as launching an attack on Canadian rapper Drake.
He is also said to have posted a now-deleted comment: ‘If I wanted to see black people running I would have threatened them with jobs.’
June 2016:
Tate, 35, was kicked out of the show after a video surfaced of him beating his ex-girlfriend with a belt, which he claims was the reason he was kicked off the Channel 5 reality show the day before .
The clip shows the star constantly hitting the woman with his belt – he even slaps her in the face.
But the star insisted it was ‘playful fun’ and said at the time: ‘A longer version of the video shows us laughing and I’m beating myself up saying ‘it doesn’t hurt’. ‘I’m still friends with him and he’s in the UK with me now. I will never kill a woman.’
September 2017:
Shortly before World Suicide Day, Tate sparked controversy again when he tweeted ‘depression is not real’.
He wrote: ‘There are very few fat single men, aged 60, who have no money or family or hobbies. who is not sad. It is not a clinical disease’.
His remarks were later criticized by former boxer Ricky Hatton and best-selling author JK Rowling.
October 2017:
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Tate sparked controversy with her comments about rape.
He tweeted at the time: ‘Women have been exchanging sex for opportunity for a very long time. Some did this. not abused. […] If you put yourself in a position of rape, you have to bear some responsibility.
Twitter removed the tweets for violating their policy and Tate’s account was suspended, although he has since become a verified user.
May 2021:
Tate and her brother Tristan reportedly ran a camgirl business in Romania, where ’75 lingerie-clad models pay fans $4 a minute’ after moving there in 2017.
He has previously said: ‘I could open a strip club, but it takes money and I want overhead, I want money. How can I use these women to make me money.
At the height of my webcam pimpin’ I think I’m the king of the world […] The problem is that the first two girls worked for me because they loved me, […] But once you get older you start hiring girls who don’t love you. They are in it for the money.
April 2022:
According to the Daily Beast, Tate’s mansion was raided by Romanian authorities in connection with an alleged human trafficking incident.
The investigation followed a tip-off from the US Embassy that a 21-year-old American woman was being kept at home against her wishes.
The matter is going on. The brothers were released at that time and denied all wrongdoing.
TikTok said that it is taking action against videos and accounts found to violate its community guidelines.
A TikTok spokesperson said: ‘Misogini is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated on TikTok.
‘We’ve been removing infringing videos and accounts for weeks, and we welcome news that other platforms are also taking action against this person.
The meta ban comes after a public outcry that led to thousands of people asking him to be banned from the social media platform because of his disturbing views.
Activists and women’s groups called for the Big Brother star to be kicked off her platform, fearing that her misogynistic views could result in a ‘normalization of violence’.
White Ribbon, a UK charity that seeks to end male violence against women, called Tate’s comments ‘grossly false’ and prompted fears about the ‘long-term’ impact of her ideas on younger audiences .
Speaking told MailOnline: ‘Men and boys who regularly see and hear negative representations of masculinity may begin to adopt these attitudes and behaviors, assuming they are acting as the ‘ideal man’. Huh.
‘It deals with being seen as a difficult, aggressive and repressive emotion. These traits include gender norms, what is ‘being a man’ and ‘being a woman’.
‘Gender inequality is a direct result of traditional and negative stereotypes that limit the roles of women and men in society.
‘Not only does this place a great deal of pressure on men and boys, which often affects their mental health and self-image, it also creates a culture and environment dangerous to the existence of women and girls.
‘Sexist and derogatory comments exist on the same spectrum of controlling behavior and physical and sexual violence, creating environments where men kill women.’
Politicians also weighed in on the debate by claiming that the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, where most of Tet’s views come from, was ‘more interested in data harvesting’ than in removing harmful rape material.
Former Tory leader Sir Ian Duncan Smith said: ‘This is yet another example that shows how bad TikTok really is.
‘This kind of person should have no place on social media.
‘TikTok – which has questionable ties to security services in China – is more interested in data harvesting than in protecting our children.
‘Parents should be made more aware of the dangers of their children using this app, which is targeting children and their data, which may be wrongly harvested by a foreign power for the UK in the future’ and what we believe in’.
North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen told MailOnline that TikTok should take responsibility for the videos on its platform and take care to take down harmful content as quickly as possible.
He said: ‘It is extremely irresponsible for TikTok to maintain videos like this for young people to see.
‘We know that TikTok can have a huge impact on young minds, and it is clearly a popular part of the online world.
‘It is worrying that such messages can be seen by so many people.’
At the time of the criticism, a TikTok spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘Inaccurate and other hateful ideologies and practices are not tolerated on TikTok, and we are working to review this content and take action against violations of our guidelines. are.
‘We are looking to continually strengthen our policies and enforcement strategies, including adding more security measures to our recommendation system, as part of our work to keep TikTok a safe and inclusive place for our community. ‘
How META uses a ‘three-tier’ system to identify ‘dangerous individuals’ and organizations online before they are banned
META uses three levels to identify potentially dangerous people and organizations online, depending on how much harm they can cause in the real world.
Tier 1 is the most serious. All three are described below in Meta’s online policy.
it reads: ‘level 1 Focuses on entities that cause serious offline harm – including organizing or advocating violence against civilians, advocating for repeated dehumanization or harm against people based on protected characteristics, or engaging in systematic criminal actions is included.
‘Tier 1 entities include terrorist, hate and criminal organizations. We remove the admiration, genuine support and representation of Tier 1 entities as well as their leaders, founders or key members.
‘Tier 1 includes hate organizations; criminal organizations, including those designated by the United States government as Specially Designated Drug Trafficking Gangsters (SDNTK); and terrorist organizations, including entities and individuals designated by the United States government as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) or Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
‘We remove the praise, genuine support and representation of Tier 1 entities, as well as their leaders, founders or key members.’
It adds: ‘tier 2 Focuses on entities that engage in violence against state or military actors, but generally do not target civilians – what we refer to as “violent non-state actors”.
‘We remove all genuine support and representation from these institutions, their leaders and their key members. We remove any praise for the violent activities of these groups.’
In the end, it says: ‘tier 3 Focuses on entities that may engage in repeated violations of our hate speech or dangerous organization policies or may be taken off the platform, or may demonstrate a strong intent to engage in offline violence in the near future but do not necessarily engage in violence or advocate violence against others on the basis of their protected characteristics.
This includes militarized social movements, conspiracy networks that incite violence, and individuals and groups banned for promoting hatred. Tier 3 entities may not be present, or coordinated on our platform.
‘We recognize that users may share content that includes references to designated dangerous organizations and individuals in order to report, condemn or objectively discuss their or their activities.
‘Our policies are designed to allow room for these kinds of discussions, but we want people to clearly indicate their intent. If the intent is not clear, we can remove the content.’
