Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.

Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.

Spotify, SoundCloud and other tech platforms have worked to remove a new song from Ye that praises Adolf Hitler, but the song and its video have continued to proliferate online including across X, where it has racked up millions of views.

On various mainstream and alternative tech platforms this week, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been able to share his latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” along with its companion title, “WW3,” which similarly glorifies Hitler, the architect of the Holocaust.

While some platforms have taken steps to attempt to pull down the song, others have seemingly let it spread freely.

  • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    you see in Yeezus that he’s kinda bringing the experiments of groups like CLPPNG and Death Grips to the mainstream.

    You mean this Yeezus merch? This was the same timeframe. (Sorry, different concert. This was later.) He wanted people to buy this shit as a bundle with a concert ticket.

    Also, Death Grips was already mainstream. They didn’t need some insane motherfucker to sample their work to get popular.

    • andros_rex@lemmy.world
      2·
      19 hours ago

      Jesus is King is after Life of Pablo. Jesus is King is not good Kanye.

      Yeezus didn’t sample Death Grips IIRC - it’s more a response to them. And saying that Death Grips was mainstream when Yeezus came out is horseshit - No Love Deep Web came out like a few months before.