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19th August 2022
05:07pm BST
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Regardless, he has been developing a cult following ever since, especially among impressionable young men. He had 4.7 million Instagram followers alone when the account was taken down.
He was already banned on Twitter back in 2017 following a number of inflammatory and problematic posts, including claims that "depression isn't real". It would seem he has now made it a clean sweep on the major social media platforms, bar TikTok.
Joe Mulhall, director of research at UK advocacy group Hope Not Hate, said Mr Tate "poses a genuine threat to young men, radicalising them towards extremism misogyny, racism and homophobia".
https://twitter.com/hopenothate/status/1560663177058484224?s=20&t=9poNzs8iGVfZWep1V7qj9g The group went on to add: "We welcome Meta's swift action to remove Andrew Tate and we'll be putting pressure on TikTok to follow this example". Meta state that they removed the former athlete from their platforms on the grounds of "dangerous organisations and individuals" but are yet provide specific details.Explore more on these topics:
