Spotify removes R. Kelly and rapper XXXTentacion from the service's playlists, including-algorithmically generated ones, as part of new “hateful conduct” policy
what we choose to program — to reflect our values.” #MuteRKelly http://twitter.com/... Erica Joy / @ericajoy : Like, why die on THIS hill? I'm really over here studying a16z investments to see if they're invested in a Spotify competitor. A least then it would make a small amount of sense to publicly drag them for this. http://twitter.com/... Anil Dash / @anildash : R. Kelly's music is fully available on Spotify, it's just not getting free promotion from the platform. Knowing this, what does it mean to wrongly call this “banning”? The same rhetorical trick the right plays in saying they're “censored” when they don't get a book deal. http://twitter.com/... @buzzfeednews : R. Kelly's team has responded to Spotify's decision: “He is innocent of the false and hurtful accusations in the ongoing smear campaign against him, waged by enemies seeking a payoff.” http://www.buzzfeed.com/... http://twitter.com/... Tom Gara / @tomgara : Spotify won't ditch R. Kelly because it doesn't want to set a precedent. So it will remove him from its playlists, which as readers immediately notice, sets a precedent http://www.buzzfeed.com/... http://twitter.com/... Tom Gara / @tomgara : I salute Spotify for managing to get a round of fairly good headlines out of its announcement that it will continue doing business with R. Kelly http://www.buzzfeed.com/... See also Mediagazer