A journal investigation rolling stones revealed Music platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Tidal feature anti-Semitic and racist music from Nazi rule in their playlists..
Spotify users had access to a playlist called ‘SS Adolf Hitler Radio’, named after the Nazi leader’s bodyguards, but it was the same platform that created the playlist. But, It was removed until last week.
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But, after the magazine asked the platform the reason for the playlists and podcasts such as Racial Holy War (in Spanish Guerra Santa Racial), in addition to content from other types of neo-fascist ideology, Spotify removed them.
Although it’s one of Spotify’s policies prohibits content that “incites violence or hatred against an individual or group of people based on race, religion, gender identity or expression, gender, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, disability or other discrimination-related characteristics”; or marginalization”The app features “hate music”, podcasts that support fascist ideologies, and the content of musicians who support white supremacy, such as the German National Socialist metal band Übermensch.
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“In the past year alone, Spotify has taken action for tens of thousands of podcast episodes. Playlists and hundreds of tracks for violating our platform rules, which prohibit content that promotes violence or hatred against an individual or group of people”, said the representative of the Rolling Stone platform.
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In the research, it was possible to find different options and content types in searches for these titles on Apple Music, Amazon Music and Tidal platforms.
“Every service’s platform had musicians playing NSBM and ‘fashwave’ (a proudly fascist form of electronic music), some offering Nazi hardcore punk, RAC (a form of right-wing punk invented by ‘Rock Against Communism’ 1970′ Reaction to Anti-Racist Rock introduced in the UK in the late 1930s) and literary Nazi music from the 1930s and 1940s”says the magazine.
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Tidal and Apple Music have responded to magazines’ requests for comment that this content violates their terms and conditions, however, They did not provide any explanation or interview, while Amazon Music never responded, according to research.
“Hate music is also millions of dollars to move towards the global movement of white supremacy and related movements and music scenes”says Aaron Flanagan, deputy director of prevention at the SPLC Intelligence Project for the magazine.
“It is impossible for those who produce and write hate music to achieve this kind of simple, easy and relatively free visibility. [sin] streaming services. It is imperative that these platforms be held accountable for enforcing their terms and conditions and eliminating such hate propaganda – doing so can literally help stop the wave of exposure to hate terrorism material.”keep saying.
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