For breaking its rules, Meta has banned influencer Andrew Tate from Facebook and Instagram. The former kickboxer gained notoriety in 2016 after being fired from the reality TV program Big Brother due to a video that purported to show him assaulting a woman.
As a result of his comments that women should “bear responsibility” for being sexually assaulted, he later gained prominence online and was banned from Twitter.
At the time his Instagram account was deleted, he had 4.7 million followers.
Meta claimed that the kickboxing celebrity had been removed from its platforms due to a violation of its standards regarding harmful organizations and people, but it made no further mention of this.
Social media sites have seen a rise in the popularity of videos featuring Mr. Tate, especially on TikTok, where films tagged with the #AndrewTate hashtag have had more than 12.7 billion views.
However, this figure includes videos made by people who are critical of the influencer as well as ones of Andrew Tate and his fans.
Additionally, some of his most well-liked YouTube videos have received millions of views.
