Obscene content appeared in Spotify’s search results, company took action as controversy escalated, know

Spotify Search Result Video: Popular music streaming platform Spotify is embroiled in controversies. According to experiences, some customers noticed pornographic content in its search outcomes. According to a report by The Verge, a Reddit person shared a screenshot of a Spotify search in which a search for rapper MIA “showed up in a pornographic video suggestion.” A Spotify spokesperson mentioned the content was eliminated for violating the platform’s insurance policies. According to Spotify’s content moderation coverage, any content that’s associated to sexual content is eliminated.

Recently, a number of posts on Reddit shared examples of ‘surprising porn movies in search outcomes’ and ‘erotic audio tracks in a person’s Discovery Weekly playlist.’ A report in 2022 claimed that ‘the variety of folks making an attempt to add hardcore intercourse photos to Spotify is surprising.’

There are additionally experiences that the app has an choice to dam obscene content in customers’ profiles, however even with this filter on, some such content nonetheless seems in the search. According to Spotify’s guidelines, ‘depicting nudity or genitalia for the aim of obscenity or sexual gratification’ is prohibited.

Launched in 2008, Spotify has at this time turn out to be the world’s hottest audio streaming platform with over 100 million songs, 6 million podcasts and three.5 lakh audiobooks. According to Spotify, ‘We present our providers in greater than 180 nations with 640 million customers and 252 million premium subscribers.’ The variety of Spotify Premium customers elevated to 252 million in the third quarter of 2024 (ending September 30). At the identical time, the whole variety of month-to-month energetic customers elevated by 11% year-on-year to 640 million.