Post by account_disabled on Feb 18, 2024 5:31:26 GMT
The case of TikToker Tate is the most recent example of the lack of regulation and social responsibility of social platforms. Although in the speech they have noted his hard work in taking policies against hate speech, the rise of Andrew Tate through his violent and extremely misogynistic content shows the opposite, according to The Guardian .
With millions of views on her videos, Tate's dark Middle East Mobile Number List success on TikTok has once again raised concerns that she could radicalize men and boys to commit offline harm against women. TikTok's lack of action to prevent the spread of ideas that undermine global efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to guarantee an equal and well-being future for all people, is alarming.
TikTok allows online violence
The investigation by the British newspaper Observer reveals that Andrew Tate has quickly become the new and dark success of TikTok by speaking in favor of violence against women, and even promoting it. This British-American kickboxer poses with fast cars and guns, and presents himself as a cigar-smoking playboy. In the videos he talks about hitting and suffocating women, destroying their belongings and preventing them from leaving.
In one of his videos he says: “It means taking out the machete, hitting her in the face and grabbing her by the neck. “Shut up, bitch,” depicting how he would attack a woman if she accused him of cheating. In another, he describes throwing a woman's things out the window. In a third, he calls an ex-girlfriend who accused him of hitting her, an accusation he denies, a "dumb bitch."
What is most striking is that, despite the nature of his videos, Tate is not a marginal personality lurking in a dark corner of the deep web . On the contrary, she is one of the most famous figures on TikTok, where her videos have been viewed 11.6 billion times.
In self-help guru style, Tate offers his mostly male fans a recipe for making money, attracting girls, and “escaping the matrix.” In a matter of months, he has gone from being virtually unknown to becoming one of the most talked about people in the world. In July, there were more Google searches for his name than for Donald Trump or Kim Kardashian.
From violence to fame
Evidence obtained by Observer indicates that the obscure success on TikTok has violated every single one of the platform's rules. Tate's rapid rise is clear evidence of this. He has urged his followers to flood social media with videos of him, choosing the most controversial clips to achieve maximum views and engagement.
In less than three months, this strategy has gained him a huge following online and potentially made him millions of pounds, with 127k members now paying £39 a month to join the Hustler's University community. Many of them are men and boys from the UK and US. Experts have described their strategy as a "blatant attempt to manipulate the algorithm" and artificially boost their content.
Although TikTok explicitly prohibits misogyny and copycat accounts, the platform appears to be overlooking the need to limit the spread of Tate or ban responsible accounts. Instead, it has actively promoted clips of him to young users and allowed them to spread.
Extremism and violence proliferate on TikTok
In 2016, Tate's public career appeared to be over before it began, after being cast on the reality show Big Brother and being kicked out of the house over a video of him hitting a woman with a belt. . Shortly after, a second video surfaced in which he tells a woman to count the bruises he allegedly caused her. Both Tate and the women denied there had been abuse and said the videos showed consensual sex.
Despite his extremist rhetoric, Tate has managed to attract a large following on social media and has been promoted by some far-right public figures, including Alex Jones, an American radio and television host who promotes conspiracy theories and misinformation on topics such as politics, society and health, and Paul Joseph Watson, a British YouTuber criticized for his comments on immigration, feminism and the Muslim religion, among other topics.
In 2019, Tate showed up at the home of a journalist named Mike Stuchbery, who had criticized him online. This incident was similar to what Yaxley-Lennon had done a few days earlier at the same journalist's house. Tate's presence at Stuchbery's home caused his wife to suffer a panic attack and was a factor in his decision to move from the UK to Germany.
Amid the controversy, Tate's online content has gone viral. Obscurely successful interview videos on TikTok have been re-edited and uploaded to the social platform, leading to a rise in the popularity of content associated with her name on the platform. These videos have been viewed millions of times since January, but growth has accelerated in recent weeks, with one billion views in August. This means that her content is being widely shared and viewed by an increasingly wider audience on the social media platform.
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Critics say his rise raises concerns about online misogyny and possible radicalization, with one woman online labeling him "the scariest man on the internet." Another, who sought advice on a forum, described how her boyfriend's "attitude and opinions" had changed "dramatically" after watching videos of Tate.
Andrea Simon, director of the End Violence Against Women coalition, said many of Tate's videos appeared to "clearly violate" TikTok's terms and that "by failing to take action," the platform is "enabling and , ultimately benefiting from the potential radicalization of its young male users.
Hannah Ruschen, policy officer at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), a UK charity dedicated to protecting children from cruelty, abuse and neglect, added: " "Viewing such material at a young age can shape a child's experiences and attitudes, resulting in further harm for women and girls in and out of school and online."
Tate's rise also shows how TikTok's algorithm is open to manipulation by bad actors, says Callum Hood, head of research at the Center for Countering Digital Hate. "The dangerous thing is that it's very attention-grabbing content, and TikTok's algorithm in particular is so aggressive that you only need to pause for a few moments before it starts recommending similar content to you over and over again."
As often happens, TikTok once again leaves responsibility for the content it transmits to users in the hands of users. "Users can click 'not interested' on videos they don't like to hide future material from that particular account," and as this content continues to proliferate, the platform says it will continue to review whether it violates any of its policies.
With millions of views on her videos, Tate's dark Middle East Mobile Number List success on TikTok has once again raised concerns that she could radicalize men and boys to commit offline harm against women. TikTok's lack of action to prevent the spread of ideas that undermine global efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to guarantee an equal and well-being future for all people, is alarming.
TikTok allows online violence
The investigation by the British newspaper Observer reveals that Andrew Tate has quickly become the new and dark success of TikTok by speaking in favor of violence against women, and even promoting it. This British-American kickboxer poses with fast cars and guns, and presents himself as a cigar-smoking playboy. In the videos he talks about hitting and suffocating women, destroying their belongings and preventing them from leaving.
In one of his videos he says: “It means taking out the machete, hitting her in the face and grabbing her by the neck. “Shut up, bitch,” depicting how he would attack a woman if she accused him of cheating. In another, he describes throwing a woman's things out the window. In a third, he calls an ex-girlfriend who accused him of hitting her, an accusation he denies, a "dumb bitch."
What is most striking is that, despite the nature of his videos, Tate is not a marginal personality lurking in a dark corner of the deep web . On the contrary, she is one of the most famous figures on TikTok, where her videos have been viewed 11.6 billion times.
In self-help guru style, Tate offers his mostly male fans a recipe for making money, attracting girls, and “escaping the matrix.” In a matter of months, he has gone from being virtually unknown to becoming one of the most talked about people in the world. In July, there were more Google searches for his name than for Donald Trump or Kim Kardashian.
From violence to fame
Evidence obtained by Observer indicates that the obscure success on TikTok has violated every single one of the platform's rules. Tate's rapid rise is clear evidence of this. He has urged his followers to flood social media with videos of him, choosing the most controversial clips to achieve maximum views and engagement.
In less than three months, this strategy has gained him a huge following online and potentially made him millions of pounds, with 127k members now paying £39 a month to join the Hustler's University community. Many of them are men and boys from the UK and US. Experts have described their strategy as a "blatant attempt to manipulate the algorithm" and artificially boost their content.
Although TikTok explicitly prohibits misogyny and copycat accounts, the platform appears to be overlooking the need to limit the spread of Tate or ban responsible accounts. Instead, it has actively promoted clips of him to young users and allowed them to spread.
Extremism and violence proliferate on TikTok
In 2016, Tate's public career appeared to be over before it began, after being cast on the reality show Big Brother and being kicked out of the house over a video of him hitting a woman with a belt. . Shortly after, a second video surfaced in which he tells a woman to count the bruises he allegedly caused her. Both Tate and the women denied there had been abuse and said the videos showed consensual sex.
Despite his extremist rhetoric, Tate has managed to attract a large following on social media and has been promoted by some far-right public figures, including Alex Jones, an American radio and television host who promotes conspiracy theories and misinformation on topics such as politics, society and health, and Paul Joseph Watson, a British YouTuber criticized for his comments on immigration, feminism and the Muslim religion, among other topics.
In 2019, Tate showed up at the home of a journalist named Mike Stuchbery, who had criticized him online. This incident was similar to what Yaxley-Lennon had done a few days earlier at the same journalist's house. Tate's presence at Stuchbery's home caused his wife to suffer a panic attack and was a factor in his decision to move from the UK to Germany.
Amid the controversy, Tate's online content has gone viral. Obscurely successful interview videos on TikTok have been re-edited and uploaded to the social platform, leading to a rise in the popularity of content associated with her name on the platform. These videos have been viewed millions of times since January, but growth has accelerated in recent weeks, with one billion views in August. This means that her content is being widely shared and viewed by an increasingly wider audience on the social media platform.
Without CSR social networks
Critics say his rise raises concerns about online misogyny and possible radicalization, with one woman online labeling him "the scariest man on the internet." Another, who sought advice on a forum, described how her boyfriend's "attitude and opinions" had changed "dramatically" after watching videos of Tate.
Andrea Simon, director of the End Violence Against Women coalition, said many of Tate's videos appeared to "clearly violate" TikTok's terms and that "by failing to take action," the platform is "enabling and , ultimately benefiting from the potential radicalization of its young male users.
Hannah Ruschen, policy officer at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), a UK charity dedicated to protecting children from cruelty, abuse and neglect, added: " "Viewing such material at a young age can shape a child's experiences and attitudes, resulting in further harm for women and girls in and out of school and online."
Tate's rise also shows how TikTok's algorithm is open to manipulation by bad actors, says Callum Hood, head of research at the Center for Countering Digital Hate. "The dangerous thing is that it's very attention-grabbing content, and TikTok's algorithm in particular is so aggressive that you only need to pause for a few moments before it starts recommending similar content to you over and over again."
As often happens, TikTok once again leaves responsibility for the content it transmits to users in the hands of users. "Users can click 'not interested' on videos they don't like to hide future material from that particular account," and as this content continues to proliferate, the platform says it will continue to review whether it violates any of its policies.