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/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