"Nick Fuentes, the highly controversial white nationalist influencer, topped Spotify's trending chart this week for a brief moment before the platform took down his podcast. Fuentes addressed the controversy on a recent episode of his show while answering messages from his fans. Hooray for problems, says f*ck Spotify, am I right? Fuentes began, reading a message. Yeah, what's going on, man? I guess I was number one for like a day,"
"Spotify released a statement on the incident amid speculation that the streaming giant had banned Fuentes altogether. In 2020, we removed this show for repeated violations of our Platform Rules, a Spotify spokesperson told The New York Post on Wednesday, following Fuentes's Tuesday surge on the platform. Our policies are focused on content that violates our guidelines, not on creators themselves."
Nick Fuentes briefly reached the top of Spotify's trending chart before uploads of his podcast were removed by the platform. Fuentes claimed on an episode that he did not start the channel and that a random person began uploading episodes, which then surged and were banned. Spotify said the specific show was removed in 2020 for repeated Platform Rules violations and that its policies target content rather than creators, allowing Fuentes to still appear as a guest on other podcasts. Fuentes has gained visibility recently through high-profile podcast interviews after prior deplatforming over explicit anti-Semitism and hate speech.
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