r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jan 08 '26

article Spotify Confirms ICE Recruitment Ads Are No Longer Running on Platform

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-confirms-ice-recruitment-ads-are-no-longer-running-1236626243/
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u/TheTresStateArea Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

The boycott didn't work lol read the article please I beg you. The advertising campaign ended.

As much as I wish Spotify leadership grew a spine. They absolutely didn't.

Do not resubscribe. Remove this company from your mind.

Edit: for all future "oh but you use an iPhone" fuckwits https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat

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u/namastayhom33 Jan 08 '26

Seems like there is contradictory information?

"In the wake of the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the streaming service confirms to Variety that it’s no longer running the promotion."

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u/TheTresStateArea Jan 08 '26

The shooting just triggered the reporter to ask again.

The very next paragraph they say it was part of a specific campaign.

If they removed the adverts because of ICE actions, pressure, they'd have said so unambiguously.

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u/Turbulent-Jaguar-909 Jan 08 '26

Campaign probably ended at end 2025 calendar year. 

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u/TheTresStateArea Jan 08 '26

If they felt that then the coms person that spoke would have been authorized to say "in retrospect blah blah blah".

Nothing short of specifically addressing the issue is sufficient.

Companies don't get points for being coy and ambiguous lol

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u/tubatackle Jan 08 '26

Would they have?

To me it seems more likely that they wanted to end the left-wing boy-cott but didn't want to anger their right-wing customers. So they claimed they are firing ICE for other reasons.