😮 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗮𝘁𝗲

You may have heard of Andrew Tate.

Andrew, or “Top G” as he refers to himself, is The Most Googled Man on the Planet. He’s been online for some years, but his name and message have recently exploded. He came onto my radar when he was mass-banned by all the social media platforms (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter [since reinstated after Elon Musk took over]) at the same time on the same day last summer.

My third-party understanding of Tate was that he was lecturing men about how to “be a real man” and get women. That topic did not warrant my attention.

The mass-banning did.

The banning, according to official reports from the platforms in question, was because of Tate’s alleged “dangerous” and “misogynistic” commentary.

That he was promoting strong anti-female perspectives that were “hurtful” and “harmful” to society, thus violating social media policies.

👆 This language reeks of bullshit. And, they all decided this at the same time, on the same day? And all banned him at once?

People say all kinds of crazy stuff online every day. The platforms shared a “good reason” to ban Tate. I knew there had to be a “real reason” that was more than this “policy” drivel.

Now, Andrew Tate had my attention.

I dove in.