Disguised as a podcast
Report: Right-wing extremist music available on Spotify for months
12/8/2024 - 12:17 p.mReading time: 2 min.
according to a media report,Spotify allowed Nazi music to be listened to for a longer period of time. Including songs that the halle assassin heard.
Songs by well-known neo-Nazi bands were apparently available for months on the streaming platform Spotify. This is what the Swedish institution Expo found out, as “Spiegel” reports. Accordingly, the titles were disguised as podcasts.
It is said that the titles also included the songs of the neo-Nazi rapper Mr. Bond. The Halle assassin played his music in the background while he committed his crime in front of the camera.
It is said that the Austrian rapper’s music was easily available on Spotify from July 2023 to November 2023. The content included “entire albums that are internationally known in the right-wing scene” and were probably not discovered or blocked during this time. record covers with clearly right-wing symbols and numerical codes could also be seen on the platform.
According to information from Expo, Spotify removed the right-wing radical content from its platform, writes “Spiegel”. The company did not respond to questions about how often the content was heard by users.
As the case shows, Spotify has problems identifying and deleting such right-wing extremist content. Little is known about the company’s control mechanisms. In its guidelines, Spotify simply states that it does not tolerate “content that promotes or supports terrorism or violent extremism.” This also included titles of “violent extremist groups or their members.”
the company provides its users with a reporting form when content is discovered that violates the platform rules. In this case, Spotify wants to “take measures” such as “removing content” and “limiting distribution”.