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Neil Young is not alone in removing music from major streaming platforms; multiple artists and bands have withdrawn catalogs from services like Amazon Music and Spotify for reasons ranging from protes...
There is no sourced evidence that — is funding ; the controversy centers on ’s private investment in firm, and on artists’ and activists’ moral objections to that connection . Helsing and Spotify have...
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...
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...
and allied have publicly urged artists, labels and distributors to geo‑block their catalogues from “streaming platforms in ,” while specific industry targets named in reporting include (via artist ple...
as a corporate platform has not issued a formal public policy declaring support for or for military action, but the company has been the focus of artist-led protest campaigns that allege complicity vi...
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...