‘Dangerous misogynist’ Andrew Tate booted from Instagram and Facebook

The self-described sexist was removed for violating Meta’s policies on ‘dangerous organizations and individuals’

Controversial online influencer and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate has been banned from Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook.

In YouTube video, Tate described himself as “absolutely a misogynist”. He said: “I’m a realist and when you’re a realist you’re sexist. There’s no way you can be rooted in reality and not be sexist.”

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TikTok has also banned Tate’s official account on their platform and is working to remove content related to him that violates guidelines. Videos using hashtags related to Tate have been seen more than 12.7bn times.

Tate was a vocal supporter of former president Donald Trump and has appeared on a number of rightwing podcasts, including shows like Infowars, hosted by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.