<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A rep from Spotify confirmed that they are no longer airing recruitment ads for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the last campaign ended in late 2025.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The update comes after left-wing organizations openly complained about the ads, which were run between songs for ad-supported free subscribers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“There are currently no ICE ads running on Spotify,” a statement from the music streaming giant </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/spotify-no-longer-running-ice-recruitment-ads-after-us-government-campaign-ends"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, per The Guardian. “The advertisements mentioned were part of a US government recruitment campaign that ran across all major media and platforms.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spotify previously addressed criticism of the ads, saying they did not “violate our advertising policies.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This advertisement is part of a broad campaign the US government is running across television, streaming, and online channels,” the company shared in a statement last October. “However, users can mark any ad with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down to help manage their ads preferences.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Similar ICE recruitment ads have been running on other popular platforms including Hulu, HBO Max, YouTube, and Pandora since last spring.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The non-profit organization Indivisible Project, best known for organizing the nationwide “No Kings” protests, called for a boycott of Spotify in an </span><a href="https://indivisible.org/statements/indivisible-announces-campaign-cancel-spotify-streaming-services-over-ice-recruitment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">open letter</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> shared in October.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Spotify is exploiting the work of artists to line their pockets while recruiting for ICE – a secret police force that is terrorizing American communities. Spotify is actively amplifying the Trump regime’s drive to authoritarianism,” the letter said in part.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The organization took credit for Spotify no longer running the ads, writing in an update on Friday that “months of public pressure” resulted in the music streaming service no longer running ICE advertisements.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some minor musical artists also removed their music from the platform in protest. This includes the Australian psych-rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, the Canadian group Godspeed You! Black Emperor, indie band Deerhoof, and U.S. singer-songwriter Kadhja Bonet, per The Guardian.</span></p>

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