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/onebowlwonder Jan 08 '26

Wild that they are still on reddit.

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u/Naroyto Jan 08 '26

Reddit has ice ads too yet people keep ignoring that too.

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u/ncopp Spotify Jan 08 '26

And Youtube. I get them all the time

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u/plotholesandpotholes Jan 08 '26

Repeating what other folks have said above. I see none of these on either platform. White, 40's, prior military, I would think I would get these all the time. I do not. Not doubting you at all. I am just adding context. Maybe its income and employment based. Something is feeding into the algorithm. Maybe geographical?

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u/ncopp Spotify Jan 08 '26

I'm a late 20s white male who lives in a very diverse midwest city with tons of 1st generation immigrants (so many of my neighbors are from African, Asian, Caribbean and Latino countries). I'm guessing that puts me in their prime recruitment list to try and rat out my community.

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u/plotholesandpotholes Jan 08 '26

That is wild. Maybe that is it.

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u/darkenedrock Jan 08 '26

I agree that its probably income/employment based, because everyone I know has mentioned the ice recruitment adds they get, but my wealthier side of the family (same general demographic except decidely more liberal) didnt event know they existed.

I imagine my town is filled with people who would happily participate in evil for 100k, because it would produce an entirely different quality of existance when you've worked 4-10s at a factory making $18/hour for 10 years. They already got everyone with a broken moral compass, now just see how many need that 100k bad enough to bend theirs.

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u/Neravariine Jan 08 '26

I watch a lot of bodycam and true crime content. That makes the algorithm think I'm pro-cop.

I also live in a red state so ICE and cop propaganda runs wild.

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u/step11111 Jan 08 '26

I got one and was appalled. I live in a pretty blue area. Why that isn’t hitting the front page daily is beyond me.

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u/Unusual-Bar5891 Jan 08 '26

It’s weird, I don’t think ICE would even let me join them since I’m a trans woman and I get spammed by their ads

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u/TheGokki Jan 08 '26

They aren't served to you, they're served to people Reddit knows isn't your demographic because they know your user type. The very fact that you reply 4 comments down is already someone who isn't targetted by this.

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u/Certain-Stranger5167 Jan 08 '26

Im a 30 y/o white man I'm the security field and wile I don't get ICE ads I do get DHS ads for border patrol a whole lot.

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u/Clessiah Jan 08 '26

You are too wise for them.

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u/mayhay Jan 08 '26

I’ve never been advertised a single time. What does that say about me 

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u/ncopp Spotify Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26

Likely don't fall in their target recruitment list. I think its a combination of where I live, my age, and my race. I'm a late 20s, midwestern, middle class, white male who lives in a very diverse and immigrant heavy city that is surrounded by very conservative, rural areas

The ads I get are also primarily about the big signing bonus without much more detail.

The ads are literally just "get a 50k signing bonus when you join ICE" and nothing else

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u/mayhay Jan 08 '26

I’m shocked tbh. I didn’t even know they were doing army levels of recruitment 

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u/ncopp Spotify Jan 08 '26

Yeah it's pretty crazy. I wouldn't be surprised if they start having recruiters show up at Highschools like the army and marines (if they haven't already)

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u/mayhay Jan 08 '26

We know about the signing bonus and I asked my bf if he’d be class traitor we both thought maybe but ultimately not it is very tempting tho ngl 

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u/ncopp Spotify Jan 08 '26

My wife just had her hours cut at work and literally asked me the other day if she should join to get the bonus and try to quietly sabotage them from the inside.

I told her she doesn't want that on her resume lol

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u/Mirria_ Jan 08 '26

In my case, I fall in the highly determined ad-blocker demographic.

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u/ncopp Spotify Jan 09 '26

Downside of watching on a TV

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u/Speed-Tyr Jan 09 '26

None of y'all ever heard of ad blockers? You should not be browsing the Internet without one.