Spotify to pull hateful songs and artists

[christopher3393]

More background and explanation:

 

http://www.vulture.com/2018/05/what-spotify-blacklisting-r-kelly-and-xxxtentacion-means.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/arts/music/rkelly-spotify-accusations-xxxtentacion.html

[christopher3393]

16 hours ago, plissken said:

R Kelly is off of spotify because he's a horrible human being in their opinion (never mind the jury said not guilty). It means all the content he's created is also gone regardless of the message it conveys. 

 

For the record, this is incorrect! Go to Spotify, enter "R. Kelly", and you'll find all of his music.

 

This is what has happened:

 

"R. Kelly can no longer be found on playlists curated by streaming music giant Spotify …"

 

"It “banned” R. Kelly and XXXTentacion from being promoted on any of its playlists, including algorithm-based, mood-based, and genre-based.."

 

The rationale in Spotify's own words: 

 

“We don’t censor content because of an artist’s or creator’s behavior, but we want our editorial decisions - what we choose to program - to reflect our values. When an artist or creator does something that is especially harmful or hateful (for example, violence against children and sexual violence), it may affect the ways we work with or support that artist or creator.”

 

So Spotify is choosing not to promote R. Kelly's music through several of its features for user music selection.

[christopher3393]