Teenagers as young as 13 could view misogynistic Andrew Tate videos on YouTube, report finds

US research comes amid debate over whether platform should be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban

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Teenagers as young as 13 could access 100 of the most-viewed videos featuring misogynistic content from Andrew Tate on YouTube, a new report has found, amid a push to have the video platform included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban.

Researchers from the US-based Center for Countering Digital Hate set up accounts purporting to be 13-year-old boys and found the videos from the rightwing influencer, whose own YouTube account was banned in 2022, were accessible to those accounts in the US and the UK, meaning they would also have likely been accessible in Australia.

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