Spotify has confirmed it’s now not working recruitment advertisements for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). In a press release to Selection, a spokesperson clarified the spots had been a part of a broader Division of Homeland Safety marketing campaign that ended late final yr. “There are presently no ICE advertisements working on Spotify,” the spokesperson stated, noting that the advertisements “ran throughout all main media and platforms.”
The recruitment marketing campaign sparked important backlash final fall, together with requires a boycott from the organizers behind the No Kings protests. On the time, Spotify equally defended the placements by noting they had been a part of a broad authorities effort.
Spotify’s clarification comes within the wake of the deadly capturing of a US citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, January seventh.
It stays to be seen whether or not the advert marketing campaign will resume sooner or later in 2026.
