Meta removes influencer Andrew Tate from its platforms for violating its policies.

Andrew Tate's videos - promoting misogyny and targeting women - have come to prominence this summer with many teens commenting on just how much he's appearing on their social media feeds.

His content has raised concerns about the real-world effect it could have, especially on the younger users exposed to it during their school holidays when they have time on their hands.
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Meta has banned influencer Andrew Tate from Facebook and Instagram for violating its policies.

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  • p_sharikov [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I have not heard of this loser. What's the appeal of his content? Why is he so popular?

    • dead [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      He's promotes misogyny and general reactionary grifting. He's like Jordan Peterson, but he tells incels to groom women into doing online sex work.

      The reason he became so viral is because he has a pyramid scheme that he tells to repost his clips with their referral codes. He's got hundreds of his followers reposting his clips with the hopes that they get money from a referral scheme.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Jordan Peterson for zoomers and gen alpha but worse

      Also a human trafficker, online pimp and pyramid scheme guy