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Neil Young is not alone in removing music from major streaming platforms; multiple artists and bands have withdrawn catalogs from services like Amazon Music and Spotify for reasons ranging from protes...
Spotify ran at least one paid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment advertisement on its platform in October 2025; Spotify says the ad complied with its advertising policies and w...
A wave of artists and some labels publicly requested or carried out removals of music from Spotify in 2025 in protest both of ICE recruitment advertisements and of Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s investme...
Several artists and hundreds of labels have removed or geo-blocked music from major streaming services for a mix of reasons that include political protest, ethical objections to platform ties, and lon...
in 2025 in protest of the platform running recruitment ads and other company controversies; named acts who publicly cited the ads or were reported as leaving include , , , , , , and several rock/metal...
Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has led a large personal investment — widely reported as about €600 million (roughly $690–700 million) through his firm Prima Materia — into Helsing, a German defence startup t...
Very few high‑profile musicians publicly mounted a pro‑Spotify defense during the 2025 boycott; the record of major artists who explicitly stayed on the service and spoke up for it is sparse in availa...
A notable cohort of primarily indie and alternative acts publicly removed or requested removal of their music from Spotify in 2025–26 in protest over the platform running U.S. Immigration and Customs ...
Major music platforms — Spotify and YouTube — have drawn repeated criticism over political bias, artist content removals, and moderation practices that affect musicians and creators: Spotify faced art...
Artists and labels have responded to alleged political bias by music platforms with a mix of public protest (removing or asking for removal of music), coordinated boycotts and geo-blocking campaigns, ...