Spotify Removes Racist Music in Response to Charlottesville
The real question is why did it take so long? Just like terrorist groups hate groups take sympathizers, supporters, and platforms to exist in any meaningful way. It’s well past time that all of our major online hosters and retailers stopped mainstreaming Nazi, Neo Confederate, and KKK shit.
Spotify and other streaming services have begun removing white supremacist content from their platforms, as websites and musicians alike scramble to distance themselves from the white nationalist movement.
In a statement on Wednesday, Spotify blamed the labels and distributors that supply music to its database but said “material that favors hatred or incites violence against race, religion, sexuality or the like is not tolerated by us. Spotify takes immediate action to remove any such material as soon as it has been brought to our attention.”
Tidal, the streaming service partially owned by Jay-Z, seems to be following suit. Two “hate bands” NPR found on the platform on Tuesday had been removed as of Thursday morning.
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