Online personalities like Andrew Tate are using social media to amplify their misogynist and anti-woman rhetoric. Social media companies deplatforming them can cut them off from followers and revenue.
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management, University of Connecticut
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Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University, Canada
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Professor of Complexity Science, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer in Social Media, Monash University
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