DOOM SCROLL: ANDREW TATE AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE INTERNET

This documentary takes a deep dive into how this self-professed misogynist has managed to maintain a grasp on a dark corner of the web.

How does a self-professed misogynist become one of the world’s most influential people, and remain so even after being charged with rape and human trafficking?

Andrew Tate’s meteoric rise to infamy has provoked global uproar, but the controversial figure is also a terrifying symptom of the increasingly fractured world in which we live, propelled by the social media platforms beneath our fingertips.

Doom Scroll: Andrew Tate & The Dark Side of the Internet goes beyond the headlines to explore how and why someone with such toxic views can take hold of so many millions of young followers. The film highlights the dark influence of social media platforms and how their carefully-crafted algorithms have shaped our world today. The documentary speaks with his critics and those who know him, along with some of the architects of the social media algorithms which came to allow extreme, hateful and misogynistic content to proliferate – all in the pursuit of profit for the platforms.

In a new look at the dark side of the internet, the film uncovers the online forces boosting extreme content and catapulting inflammatory figures like Andrew Tate to worldwide attention, and how this content can spill over into shocking real-world harm.

"A thoughtful look at the darker forces that gave birth to [Andrew Tate]." THE STANDARD
"This documentary is a story within a story. Yes, it analyses Tate’s evolution – but it’s just as interested in the petri dish that spawned him: social media." SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
"The big question is tackled at the end — are the social media companies just reflecting human nature, or are they altering it?" IRISH EXAMINER
"This disturbing documentary will make you want to uninstall every app for good." THE STANDARD
"The most depressing insight of this illuminating documentary is that he’s the symptom of a deeper problem, rather than its cause." SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
"Explosive new documentary reveals how creepy AI trickery is exposing schoolkids to misogynistic rants from Andrew Tate". THE SUN

DURATION

1 x 87-minutes

BROADCASTER

Sky Documentaries

YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2024

PRODUCED BY

Sandpaper Films

COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION

UK

Director

Liz Mermin

Producer

Nicholas Lessware

Executive Producers

Henry Singer, Susannah Price, Arthur Cary

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