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by EEBio 1393 days ago
I don’t think your article applies here - it seems Andrew Tate has created misogynistic content on each platform that banned him. The timing might be suspicious, but ultimately, TikTok banned Tate because of the TikTok content he made, Google banned him because of the YouTube content and Twitter banned him based on his tweets.

I am also confused about why do you refer to people like Tate as ‘villains’ in quotes. The dude is a star of incels and like-minded women-haters. The world is better off without his content.

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Even if you agree with his message, the guy is running a pyramid scheme.

The only reason he is famous, is that "Hustlers University" instructs you to spam clips of his to social media together with affiliate links to his scheme. Compound that with his Alex Jones-like talent to generate the most divisive, ridiculous, humorous and infuriating soundbites and you have a TikTok smash hit. But just like Alex, once he glows out, his shady dealings and ridiculous statements will relegate him to a subject of mockery and an argument to dismiss his ideas for the opposing side.

I don't think he actually made TikTok content?
According to the article he did:

EDIT: it seems that people have been making Tate clips and uploading them to TikTok and those are also the ones that got banned.

>TikTok has also banned an account belonging to Mr Tate as part of an ongoing investigation to remove content that violates its policies.

>A TikTok spokesperson told the BBC: "Misogyny is a hateful ideology that is not tolerated on TikTok.

>"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."