Notorious influencer Andrew Tate is under house arrest in his Romanian mansion and banned from many social media platforms but it has not stopped his online campaign of toxicity being spread across the world.
Although banned from TikTok, Instagram and YouTube since August 2022, Tate’s vile misogynistic videos still reign supreme on the newsfeed of many young men’s social media because his fans - some as young as 12 - continue to spread content glorifying him and his nasty views.
“He does not rely on his own accounts and this is one of the reasons why de-platforming him wasn’t particularly effective, but instead he uses a kind of army of boys and young men to post clips of his content,” says Dr Tim Squirrell, Head of Communications & Editorial at the think tank Institute for Strategic Dialogue, based in London.
