tate became known for his tweets about the sexual abuse cases involving harvey weinstein. he also stated that those who suffered from sexual harassment should share the blame for their actions. in 2017, he made a statement about depression that was widely criticized. tate's accounts were suspended multiple times. in 2021, one of his accounts was mistakenly verified by twitter, which he had created to avoid his previous ban. the account was then permanently deleted. twitter claimed that the mistake was made due to an error, and the account had been promoted with a link.