Self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate said he was paid greater than $20,000 in ad revenue under Elon Musk’s content-creator plan on Twitter — a day before he sued his accuser in a sex trafficking case that landed him in a Romanian jail.
Tate — who has been under house arrest since March 31 and remains to be facing rape and human trafficking charges in Romania — shared a screenshot of his earnings on Thursday.
The notice from Twitter congratulated the controversial influencer — who goes by @Cobratate on Twitter and boasts greater than 7.2 million followers — on the $20,379 deposit.
“Every penny goes to tatepledge.com,” Tate captioned the post, the 36-year-old’s philanthropic organization.
The money is being paid out through his Stripe account, which Twitter requires creators have with its recent ad revenue-sharing plan.
Tate’s only been back on Twitter since November, when Musk reinstated his account after a $44 billion blockbuster purchase of the social media site in October 2022.
He had been barred from the platform in 2017 after violating its terms of service over a string of “toxic” comments about women.
Musk announced the brand new payment scheme for content creators in June. “In a number of weeks, X/Twitter will start paying creators for ads served of their replies. First block payment totals $5M,” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted on the time.
Nonetheless, not only anyone can money in on these ads.
“The creator should be verified and only ads served to verified users count,” Musk noted.
In line with Twitter’s “Monetization Standards,” users must even be at the least 18 years old, be energetic on the platform for at the least three months, have filled out all profile information and have connected a verified account on Stripe, a payment processing platform.
Other eligibility requirements say: “You need to be in good standing with Twitter,” meaning that “you’ve gotten not repeatedly violated the Twitter User Agreement.”
It’s unclear how much these requirements are enforced as Tate is making tens of 1000’s of dollars off of the platform, which only recently lifted a years-long ban he triggered by violating policies.
When The Post sought comment from Twitter, its press line auto-replied with a poo emoji, as its done since Musk took the helm.
Weeks after Musk’s announcement concerning the recent revenue model for creators, it seems that high-profile, staunch-right accountholders are the primary to learn from it.
Nonetheless, it’s not completely clear how beneficiaries are determined, in what order they’re paid or once they’ll receive their funds.
Other than Tate, a verified account dubbed “End Wokeness” also shared on Thursday that it was receiving $10,419.
It’s unclear who’s behind the account, which has over 1.4 million followers and boasts that it’s “fighting, exposing and mocking wokeness” in its profile description.
Conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) shared a screenshot just like Tate’s saying that he can be receiving $16,259.
He tweeted the image alongside a one-word caption: “Incredible.”
And Benny Johnson, a Republican YouTuber and member of Turning Point USA, tweeted that he was being cut a $9,546 check in Twitter’s first round of ad revenue payments.
“BREAKING: Twitter Monetization For Creators Is REAL,” he wrote within the post.
As well as, Rogan O’Handley — a former Hollywood entertainment lawyer-turned-right-wing pundit — shared that he was getting $7,036.
