Andrew Tate is a scammer

There Are No Girls on the Internet

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Society & Culture, Technology

4.4 • 820 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Social media platforms like Tik Tok and Facebook have finally banned misogynistic, violent scam influencer Andrew Tate. And honestly, it should have happened sooner.

My piece at the Nation- It’s Not Just Joe Rogan. The Entire Digital Space Is Rotten.https://www.thenation.com/article/society/toxic-podcasting/

The Grid: Andrew Tate isn’t just another misogynist with an online following. Here’s why you need to pay attention. https://www.grid.news/story/technology/2022/08/23/andrew-tate-isnt-just-another-misogynist-with-an-online-following-heres-why-you-need-to-pay-attention/

Laura Bates on TANGOTI- full episode- https://www.tangoti.com/episode-214

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0:00.0	There are No Girls on the Internet as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative.
0:12.1	I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.
0:17.4	Social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook have finally banned violent, misogynistic scam
0:23.6	influencer Andrew Tate.
0:25.6	And honestly, it should have happened sooner.
0:28.2	Now if you don't know who Andrew Tate is, don't worry.
0:30.6	He went from being relatively obscure to seemingly being everywhere on social media within
0:35.6	a few months.
0:36.6	Videos featuring his name as a hashtag have been viewed over 13 billion times.
0:41.2	And before it was shut down, his TikTok account had over 11 billion views.
0:45.4	He had 4 million Twitter followers, 4.7 million Instagram followers, almost 800,000 YouTube
0:51.5	subscribers, and millions and millions of clicks and shares across Facebook.
0:56.0	So who is Andrew Tate?
0:58.4	Well, Andrew Tate is kind of like Joe Rogan on steroids.
1:02.7	Just like Rogan, at one time, Andrew Tate was a professional martial artist.
1:07.0	And also like Rogan, Andrew Tate did a stent in reality television.
1:11.3	Tate was on Big Brother in 2016, where he was known for being really respectful and thoughtful of others.
1:18.1	Oh, wait, sorry, just kidding.
1:19.9	It says here he was actually known for homophobia and violence against women.
1:24.4	After a video surfaced where he was beating a woman with a belt while screaming at her,
1:29.0	quote, if you ever message another guy, whether we're together or not, you're fucking dead.
1:34.4	Tate was kicked off Big Brother after only being on the show for six days.
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