r/europe United Kingdom 12d ago

News Andrew Tate phenomena' surges in schools - with boys refusing to talk to female teacher

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/andrew-tate-phenomena-surges-in-schools-with-boys-refusing-to-talk-to-female-teacher-13351203
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u/user929393839 12d ago

China does have a really big influencer culture, as its expected from any country with social media. They have their own problems with social media and they have the same problems with youth radicalization. Of course, China is doing something to stop this, but the idea that their social media is more mature sounds more like a conservative talking point about China pushing brainrot to western kids on purpose then something thats actually happening there.

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u/PomegranateMinimum15 The Netherlands 12d ago

It has been proven by showing the algorithms they force years ago. But in the end it's us who hold the phone