Posted on 05/15/2018 4:07:48 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
In response to Spotify’s newly launched Hate Content and Hateful Conduct public policy, women’s advocacy group UltraViolet is calling on the streaming service to widen its net beyond R. Kelly and XXXTentacion, which were the first acts to see their music removed from promotional playlists.
UltraViolet, a national organization working on a range of issues including reproductive rights, healthcare, economic security, violence and racial justice, published an open letter Monday to Spotify head Daniel Ek, applauding a recent decision to pull Kelly and XXXTentacion’s music from playlists and algorithmic recommendations.
However, the group is also imploring that the policy be expanded to give the same treatment to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nelly, Eminem, Don Henley, Steven Tyler, 6ix9ine and Chris Brown — acts that have been accused of abusing or harassing women.
“[These] two men are not the only abusers on your platform. We implore you to take a deeper look at the artists you promote,” the organization’s executive director Shaunna Thomas wrote in the letter.
“Every time a famous individual continues to be glorified despite allegations of abuse, we wrongly perpetuate silence by showing survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence that there will be no consequences for abuse,” the letter continued. “That has a cultural effect far beyond one individual artist.”
Last week Spotify announced it was rolling out the new policy that would curb content that “expressly and principally promotes, advocates, or incites hatred or violence against a group or individual based on characteristics, including, race, religion, gender identity, sex, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability.”
The streaming giant said it partnered with rights advocacy groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League, Color of Change, Showing Up for Racial Justice, GLAAD, Muslim Advocates and the International Network Against Cyber Hate
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And David Bowie?
Anythinh Phil Spector produced, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jackson Browne, etc?
Those artists weren’t mentioned.
If musicians are retroactively required to conform to 2018 behavior standards, we may not have much music to listen to.
The 50s, 60s, and 70s would knock out many many acts still heard on radio.
The little missies are probably too young to remember “Under My Thumb”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIdKQH35kjA
Are women who’ve sexually abused women also going to be blacklisted and shadowbanned?
http://www.newsweek.com/melanie-martinez-rape-allegations-timothy-heller-736251
MELANIE MARTINEZ RAPE ACCUSER TIMOTHY HELLER REMAINED SILENT BECAUSE ‘VOICE’ STAR WASN’T ‘A MAN’: EXCLUSIVE (12-2017)
I love liberals eating liberals.
Well, I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
Or you won't know where I am
Sounds like serious domestic abuse, stalking, death threats, etc.!
Spotify stepped in it big-time. Have fun, dummies.
Where were these women in the 1990s when G.G.Allin was alive and attacking women at his concerts?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG_Allin
It’s okay if Spotify does this, Fakebook and Sh!tter shadowban people all the time without significant impact to their brand.
Also, millennials have accepted never owning a copy of a piece of music ever again. It’s all in the cloud and if it suddenly isn’t then it never was there. #DownTheMemoryHole
I demand they also delete James Brown. His music is great but he scares me because he reminds me of Maxine Waters.
Somebody needs to ask this group of feminists how the feel about Sharia. How they REALLY feel about the goals living with the finished results of that lifestyle? Just whisper it in our ear. There is no right or wrong answer.
Would wearing a burka (the kind with the little screen covering the face) make them feel more secure and confident?
Would you feel better having all men kept separate from you in public places, even ‘church’? Well, have I got a religion for you!
Hi.
“Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League, Color of Change, Showing Up for Racial Justice, GLAAD, Muslim Advocates and the International Network Against Cyber Hate”
Sounds like a DNC donor list.
5.56mm
Man, I was mean but I'm changing my scene And I'm doing the best that I can (ooh)
I'm getting better.
It does, doesn't it.
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