A Reddit person posted a screenshot in a single day of a Spotify search that introduced a shock: a pornographic video tucked into recommended outcomes for the rapper M.I.A. Right here’s a NSFW hyperlink to the thread. The video proven of their screenshot didn’t seem for us, however we discovered others after scrolling via dozens of leads to the “Video” tab.
One of many accounts that posted movies we noticed has printed erotic audio for years however has sprinkled in sexually graphic movies extra not too long ago. One other account, which was named with an extended string of alphanumeric characters, has been publishing equally nonsensically-titled specific movies as a podcast account since mid-November.
Spotify consultant Laura Batey instructed The Verge in an electronic mail that the examples we offered “have been eliminated resulting from violation of our insurance policies.” These insurance policies embody forbidding sexually specific materials. We requested Spotify for extra data on how the movies made it previous its moderation and can replace right here if it responds.
The movies we discovered look like unmoderated podcast uploads, and reporting them isn’t very handy. The Spotify app lacks a button for doing so — as a substitute, customers have to repeat the content material’s URL and head to a webpage for reporting doable violations.
