Counter-terror police concerned about violent misogyny and Andrew Tate rhetoric

‘I’m concerned about the effect of that kind of rhetoric in the minds of young boys,’ says head of UK counter-terror policing

Andrew Tateis under criminal investigation in Romania (via REUTERS)

People must be “vigilant” to violent misogyny and other forms of extremist content online perpetuated by the likes of influencer Andrew Tate, counter-terror police have said.

Senior officers said the hatred of women was prevalent across terrorist ideologies, from jihadism to the far right, and was becoming “mixed in” with other belief systems.

Assistant commissioner Matt Jukes, the head of UK counter-terrorism policing, told a press conference that officers were seeing rising numbers of cases involving incel culture.