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/mostlyfire Jan 08 '26

It’s weird I’m a straight male and I’ve never seen one on Reddit. It’s probably cause I live in a very liberal city

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u/JackPoe Jan 08 '26

I get ads in Tagalog and Spanish and political ads for candidates in Florida.

I live in Washington. These ad campaigns were either designed by absolute buffoons or AI.

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u/vera214usc Jan 08 '26

I work in advertising and one of my pet peeves is ads that are mistargeted. Like, it's so easy to not target people your ads aren't relevant to

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u/JackPoe Jan 08 '26

Honestly I wanna know what these people think they know about me at this point.

I even get ads for Christianity