Friday, 1 June 2018 ()
Following reports last week that Spotify would be walking back its recently implemented hateful content and conduct policy, the company has officially announced it will be “moving away from implementing a policy around artist conduct.”In an update posted to its website, Spotify said that the two-prong policy — which barred both songs with hateful lyrics and the catalogs of artists who have been accused of hateful conduct from being included in the streaming service’s curated playlists — was “too vague,” “created confusion and concern,” and “didn’t spend enough time getting input from our own team and key partners before sharing new guidelines.”
Stating that Spotify “[doesn’t] aim to play judge and jury,” the announcement goes on to...