Which streaming platforms confirmed they removed ICE recruitment ads after late 2025?
Executive summary
Spotify is the only streaming company in the provided reporting that explicitly confirmed ICE recruitment advertisements were no longer running on its service after the government campaign expired in late 2025, saying “there are currently no ICE ads running on Spotify” and attributing the spots to a U.S. government recruitment campaign that ended at the close of 2025 [1] [2] [3].
1. Spotify’s public confirmation: what it said and when
Spotify issued public statements to multiple outlets saying the ICE recruitment ad buys were part of a broader U.S. government campaign and that the specific agreement or campaign “ended in late 2025,” noting explicitly that “there are currently no ICE ads running on Spotify,” a line repeated across Guardian, USA Today, Newsweek, Variety and other reporting citing Spotify spokespeople [1] [2] [3] [4].
2. Reporting that the campaign ended “on most platforms” — but not the same as platform confirmations
Several stories characterize the buys as a multi-platform effort and report that the campaign “ended on most platforms and channels,” language attributed to Spotify’s statement and other coverage, but those clauses are reporting the campaign’s conclusion rather than naming each platform’s independent confirmation; the same pool of stories lists Amazon, YouTube, Hulu and Max as outlets where ads had run but does not provide direct statements from those services confirming removal in the excerpts provided [3] [5] [6].
3. Which platforms were named as buyers in reporting (but not necessarily confirming removal)
Coverage repeatedly notes that ICE ad buys appeared across television, streaming and online channels — with outlets naming Amazon, YouTube, Hulu, Max and other large platforms as places the agency advertised during 2025 — yet the supplied pieces do not offer direct quotes from those companies saying the ads were turned off after late 2025; the lists in the stories therefore document where ads ran historically, not formal confirmations of removal from each vendor [1] [3] [7].
4. Context and competing narratives about why ads stopped on Spotify
News outlets uniformly attribute Spotify’s absence of current ads to the contract or campaign ending in late 2025 rather than a real-time policy reversal; Spotify told press the timing coincided with the campaign’s expiration and that the content did not violate its advertising policies, while activist groups argue that boycotts and public pressure were instrumental even if the company frames the end as contractual [3] [6] [4].
5. What the reporting does not show — gaps and limitations
The assembled reporting does not contain explicit, sourced statements from Amazon, YouTube, Hulu, Max or other named streaming services confirming they had removed ICE recruitment advertisements after late 2025; therefore it is not possible, from these sources alone, to list additional platforms that independently confirmed removal beyond Spotify [1] [3] [7].
6. Motives, agendas and media framing to watch for
Coverage comes from outlets across the political and cultural spectrum; some pieces emphasize advertiser culpability and activist impact, while conservative-leaning outlets frame the timeline as evidence that media pressure was overstated — readers should note when stories conflate “campaign ended” with corporate acquiescence and when advocacy groups claim credit for removals that outlets attribute to contract expirations [8] [9] [3].
7. Bottom line
Based on the provided reporting, Spotify is the confirmed streamer that said ICE recruitment ads were no longer running after the campaign expired in late 2025; other platforms were reported as having carried the ads during 2025, but the supplied stories do not include explicit confirmations from those services that they removed the ads after the campaign’s end [1] [3] [5].