Why has Andrew Tate been banned from Instagram and Facebook?
ANDREW Tate has become known for his controversial views over the years.
He was removed from Instagram and Facebook, here we look at why.
Who is Andrew Tate?
Andrew Tate was born in Chicago on December 14, 1986 before growing up in Luton, along with with younger brother Tristan Tate and sister Janine Tate.
Their mother Eileen brought the children up in relative poverty after moving to Bedfordshire when Andrew Tate was 11,
His father Emory Andrew Tate Jr. was a veteran of the United States Air Force and a chess champion.
Before finding fame on social media, Andrew Tate was a champion kickboxer and appeared on reality TV series Big Brother back in 2016.
Since then he has been heavily criticised for his misogynistic views and has been described as the "king of toxic masculinity".
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He now lives in Romania.
Why has Andrew Tate been banned from Instagram and Facebook?
According to the , Meta, which owns social media giants Facebook and Instagram, said it had removed Tate from its platforms due to violating its policies on dangerous organisations and individuals.
Tate had been condemned after sharing his disturbing views about women in online videos.
The controversial social media star had an enormous audience on online, with more than 4.6million followers on Instagram at the time of the ban.
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What is Andrew Tate's net worth?
has claimed in the past to be the world's first ever trillionaire.
However, this came into question when he made the claim during a Twitch stream with Adin Ross.
He told the host: “I don’t want to brag, but I’m a trillionaire, world’s first.
“I was broke for a long time.
"I made my first million when I was, say, 27 and then I had 100 million by the time I was 31, and then I became a trillionaire quite recently.”
However, according to online reports on , Tate's wealth is some way away of that figure, with an estimated worth of around £16.2million.