Andrew Tate now banned from YouTube for breaching rules on hate speech

His channel had more than 700,000 subscribers

YouTube has followed the lead of Facebook and Instagram and decided to ban Andrew Tate from its platform for breaching its rules on hate speech. The 35-year-old has gained notoriety in recent months because of his inflammatory and controversial views on women, which many have labelled as misogynistic. This includes videos where he has said that "women can't drive," that women are men's "property" and that "18-year-old women are “more attractive than 25-year-olds because they’ve been through less d***.” He has even gone as far to say that rape victims should "bear responsibility" for their attacks. On Friday, Meta announced that they had banned him from Facebook and Twitter. This was followed by TikTok saying that they were also banning Tate from their platform, and would be cracking down on copycat accounts and fan pages that share his videos. YouTube has now followed suit, banning his channel 'TateSpeech' which had around 768,000 subscribers. https://twitter.com/JoeMulhall_/status/1561799901138354178

In a statement given to Bloomberg, a spokesperson for the Google-owned company said that channels associated with Tate had been removed because of "multiple violations" of YouTube’s community guidelines and terms of service, including its hate speech policy.

They added: "If a channel is terminated, the uploader is unable to use, own or create any other YouTube channels."

A spokesperson for the Tate criticised the move though, claiming that removing his voice "doesn’t allow for a kinder hate-free society."

They told the outlet: "There is a running contradiction in today’s society where men are encouraged to speak and be open/honest with how they feel but are generally met with a negative response to their truth.

"Banning Andrew Tate from these platforms might seem the answer, but it isn’t that simple. Removing Tate’s voice doesn’t allow for a kinder hate-free society."

The move to ban the 35-year-old from YouTube has been praised by Hope Not Hate. https://twitter.com/hopenothate/status/1561808766097670146 Joe Mulhall, director of research at the campaign group, said: "We are delighted that after discussions with YouTube, and our public campaigning, they have permanently removed his account.

"Andrew Tate’s YouTube account was a huge source for harmful content which spread like wildfire across the internet.

"But more action is required from all major tech platforms to make the internet a safer place. Removing Tate’s accounts from platforms does not automatically remove his content.’

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