Get Tate off Spotify: Global media coverage of our petition

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Our change.org petition headed up by trauma counsellor and campaigner Renee Chopping has attracted global media attention. The petition calls on streaming platform Spotify and CEO Daniel Ek to remove sex trafficking coach Andrew Tate's content promoting abuse and sexual exploitation of women. Here are some highlights.

Andrew Tate has made a lucrative career out of being a misogynistic asshole, though it’s worth noting that he’s not the only one who has profited off of the obnoxious schtick. Spotify, which has long hosted (and monetized) Tate’s material, made the decision this week to finally pull one of his shows off of its platform. The show—a “class” about “pimping hoes”—had inspired backlash, both at the company and from listeners."

Discontent over the program’s continued appearance also manifested itself in a Change.org petition, which garnered more than 55,000 signatures as of Wednesday.

For years, Tate has been a bullhorn for online misogyny and has encouraged young men to use, degrade, and discard women. Tate made his fortune through several different business ventures, though the one he is most well-known for is a sexually explicit webcam business, which is the basis of a long-running criminal case in Romania.

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A petition to get Spotify to remove Andrew Tate’s instructional trafficking courses has reached over 45,500 signatures.

The petition, created by anti-trafficking advocate Renee Chopping and Collective Shout, is demanding the digital streaming service to immediately remove Tate’s courses and “commit to stronger content policies that prevent its platform from being used to promote sexual exploitation”.

It has accused Spotify of “cashing in on the exploitation of women and girls” and of “hosting courses by misogynist influencer and accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate – courses that actively teach men how to manipulate, control, and profit from the exploitation of women.”

Chopping described herself as a trauma counsellor supporting survivors of sex trafficking who has seen how contents such as Tate’s can fuel global harm, especially with young people in Australian schools.

“In classrooms, I’ve sat with young boys who admire influencers like Andrew Tate, believing that dominance, aggression, and entitlement define success and masculinity,” she said. “I’ve also listened to young girls express the daily impact of these toxic ideals – how they feel pressured to meet unrealistic beauty standards, tolerate degradation and rape threats, and navigate a world where they are seen as objects rather than equals.”

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