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Spotify's defense of running U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement recruitment ads, and the subsequent artist backlash and public criticism
Spotify accepted and ran U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment advertisements during 2025 as part of a broader government campaign, and it now says those ads are no longer running...
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 ...
The ICE recruitment advertising campaign that ran on Spotify was part of a broader U.S. government push that began appearing on major platforms in October 2025 and concluded at the end of 2025, meanin...
Artists and advocacy groups have demanded that Spotify remove and bar U.S. government recruitment advertisements — chiefly ICE and DHS spots — and to rewrite its ad rules to prohibit “government propa...