Controversial personality Andrew Tate banned from TikTok
Controversial kickboxing champion Andrew Tate continues to face social media blackouts, and has now been permanently banned from TikTok for violating the short video-sharing platform's policies.
The platform that has largely helped him grow his online presence in the past six months has now suspended his profiles and videos. Furthermore, TikTok is also planning to take down his duplicate videos and clips to completely eradicate his presence from the platform.
Tate's content rapidly spread across the internet this summer, racking up millions of views and raising concerns regarding its negative impact on younger audience who come across it. However, social media platforms have now started to take strict action against the kind of content Tate uploads to his channels.
In a statement to The Washington Post, TikTok officially revealed that Andrew Tate's account and videos were suspended for breaking the platform's policy regarding "content that attacks, threatens, and incites violence against, or otherwise dehumanizes, an individual or a group."
At the time of writing, #AndrewTate is still visible on TikTok, and has racked up over 13 billion views.
The move has been highly praised by many online. A Britain-based group called Hope Not Hate has even launched a petition calling for Tate to be deplatformed from all social media.
As per the group, the effect of Tate's hyper masculinity and misogyny can negatively impact the younger generation. The group further pointed out that discriminatory and misogynist views can often "be a gateway to other extreme and discriminatory views.”
At the time of writing, all of his popular and controversial hashtags except #AndrewTate have been wiped off.
Andrew Tate gained notoriety on multiple social
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