Spotify Drops ‘Hate Conduct’ Policy After Industry Backlash

Spotify announced that it would no longer make content decisions based on musicians’ personal behavior. The announcement made on Friday is a reversal of its recent policy on artists’ “hateful conduct” that affected the likes of R. Kelly and XXXTentacion. The platform had already implemented the policy, removing the songs of both artists from its […]

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