Regarding the recent lack of morally reprehensible fatal shootings, Spotify confirmed that this is no longer the case posting advertisements for ICE personnel recruitment.
As first reported DiversityThe streaming giant's controversial ad campaign for the Trump administration's militant U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. with a penchant for aggressive pop stars on social media It will end at the end of 2025, according to the representative. Ads played between songs for Spotify free tier users.
“The advertisements in question were part of a US government recruitment campaign that spanned all major media outlets and platforms,” the spokesperson said, adding to Pitchfork that advertising “came to a halt on most platforms and channels, including Spotify, late last year.” (If you believe this, the disappearance of advertising has nothing to do with yesterday [January 7] tragic murder poet and mother Renee Nicole Goode, written by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.)
Beginning last April, other streaming services such as YouTube and Amazon also ran ads as part of a $30 million investment by the Trump administration, which sought to hire more than 10,000 deportation officers by the end of the year. Spotify came under fire for the ad in October, but remained firm that the ICE recruitment ads did not violate its advertising policies.
Many musicians and fans have already been leaving Spotify in 2025, especially after it was revealed that the company's executive chairman, Daniel Ek, was investing in artificially intelligent military weapons. However, news of ICE's hiring sparked a boycott of Spotify by indivisible movement, as well as a separate boycott by musicians called No music for ICE targets Amazon for similar advertising contracts.
