‘Incel’ TikTok accounts rebranding to avoid social media bans, study finds

“Incel” TikTok accounts are rebranding as “Sub5s” and using self-improvement language to avoid social media bans, a new study has found.

While the social media platform does not allow hateful material on its site, advocates of “incel” ideology are bypassing this rule by continuing to produce their content but via “socially palatable” terms, according to the paper.