"Cognitive dissonance is also at an all-time high today. Cutesy and clickable streaming stats are distracting users from the truth: Spotify is the worst. The streaming service's CEO Daniel Elk made a $600 million investment in an A.I. military defense company Helsing, and the platform has been feeding ICE advertisements to non-Premium subscribers. Those are just the first two offenses that come to my mind; don't get me started on the per-stream royalties, which are unfair and exploitative."
"In response, Working Families Party, 50501 Movement, and Indivisible have launched "Spotify Unwrapped," a digital toolkit to "expose Spotify's refusal to drop ICE ads." According to a press release, the toolkit is meant to "call out the company for refusing to drop I.C.E. recruitment ads from their platform. If Spotify won't protect immigrant communities, then we'll use the biggest cultural moment of their year to hold them accountable." The organizations are calling for participants to post the Spotify Unwrapped downloadables to social media, tag Spotify"
Spotify Wrapped launched today and millions of subscribers are sharing Top Artists and Top Songs. Critics point to CEO Daniel Ek's $600 million investment in an A.I. military defense company and to ICE recruitment advertisements being shown to non-Premium users. Activist groups Working Families Party, 50501 Movement, and Indivisible created a Spotify Unwrapped digital toolkit to expose those practices and pressure the company to drop I.C.E. ads. The toolkit asks participants to post downloadables, tag Spotify, and cancel Premium subscriptions. Organizers present the campaign as holding Spotify accountable for platforming harm and corporate greed.
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