Posted on 10/22/2025 11:25:53 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Spotify says advertisements for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment do not violate the company’s policies. Leftist musicians and record labels are predictably melting down in response.
Several artists have recently been trying to get their music taken down from Spotify in protest of the company allowing ICE recruitment ads to play on the streaming platform, according to a report by Stereogum.
Some of the artists reportedly include Massive Attack, Sylvan Esso, and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, with many of them also citing Spotify founder Daniel Ek having invested in the AI military company Helsing.
But artists have also specifically mentioned the ads promoting jobs in law enforcement, with independent music label Epitaph Records complaining about them last week in a social media post calling for Spotify to “remove these ads immediately.”
A Spotify spokesperson, meanwhile, told the Independent that the ICE advertisements are “part of a broad campaign the U.S. government is running across television, streaming, and online channels,” adding that the ads do not violate the company’s policies.
The spokesperson also conveyed that Spotify users who do not wish to see such content are free to mark the advertisements with a thumbs-down — which would apparently make it so the ads appear less often or not at all on their personal feeds.
Spotify users who on the free, ad-supported tier on the platform have reportedly noted getting ads in between music that encourages them to “join the mission to protect America” by applying to become an ICE agent.
Some advertisements are reportedly marketed toward police, stating, “In sanctuary cities, you’re ordered to stand down while dangerous illegals walk free.”
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So much for free speech, eh, artists?
“Artists...”
We are in a full-blown revolution. Don’t know where it came from and never saw it coming, but this is more than just a little protesting. Apparently the Chinese through social media have brainwashed almost half of the country. This is crazy!
“King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard”
Well if he / she / it says so. NO KINGS!!!
Lizards, Gizzards, and Wizards! Oh my!
ICE agents are brave and honorable public servants.
Its the musicians who are the scum.
I’m waiting for a study that concludes that free speech causes climate change.
A lib fried of mine has a podcast, and she was outraged. Her producer told her that she could refuse the ad, but they might just cut her ads down to two, one or to zero, which is a death sentence for podcasters.
Don’t know what she decided.
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