Why was Andrew Tate unbanned on Twitter by Elon Musk? Reason explored

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Andrew Tate has joined a slew of other social media personalities to make their way back to Twitter.

Since Elon Musk's tenure as CEO of the platform began, there has been a lot of speculation about Tate's return.

Tate, presently residing in Dubai, joins the likes of Jordan Peterson (clinical psychologist), Kathy Griffin (comedian), and The Babylon Bee (right-wing website) on the list of unbanned users. The other big name that is rumored to be unbanned next is Donald Trump.

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Rumors of the reversal of lifetime bans on Twitter have been circulating since October after an exclusive report from Bloomberg was published.

The report claimed that Elon Musk was planning to give users who were banned indefinitely another chance. It read:

This could possibly be the reason behind the return of Andrew Tate, who was first banned in 2017. Musk has not officially commented on the reinstatement yet.

For those out of the loop, Andrew Tate received a lot of criticism earlier this year. His account was removed from several sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok for making controversial remarks about women that were viewed as "hypermasculine" and "toxic."

However, Twitter was the first major platform to remove the former kickboxer in 2017. The internet personality, who was moderately well-known that year, was banned from the platform after criticizing the #MeToo movement.

While he agreed that perpetrators of "r*pe" are the primary culprits, he also expressed the opinion that women should be held responsible for putting themselves in risky situations.

Since being unbanned, Andrew Tate has posted a cryptic tweet that has garnered over 73k likes and 10k retweets. His Twitter handle, @Cobratate, posted a picture with the caption:

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