Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE, the federal agency charged with mass deportation and surveillance of immigrant communities. These ads target vulnerable populations, promise signing bonuses, and normalize fear and intimidation in our neighborhoods.
Spotify claims these ads comply with their policy, but the truth is streaming hate is not neutral. It’s a choice.
We refuse to fund it. We refuse to ignore it.
Our Demands for Spotify
Until our demands are met, we will withhold our subscriptions and our support. We are calling on Spotify founder and current CEO Daniel Ek, as well as Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström who will become the new co-CEOs starting in January 2026, to:
- Immediately terminate all ICE and DHS advertising contracts with Spotify.
- Spotify must update its Advertising Policy to prohibit government propaganda and hate-based recruitment campaigns.
- Spotify must commit to defending civil rights and standing up for communities under threat from authoritarian actions.
What You Can do
We are asking every listener and artist to take three key actions:
- Cancel your Spotify subscription, TODAY until the ICE ads are removed.
- Stop streaming content on Spotify until ICE ads are removed.
- Engage in peaceful, public protest outside of Spotify offices, studios, or major events to demand they stop their ICE recruitment ads.*
- Bring your community together to make your voices heard, peacefully and powerfully.
- Use your signs, stories, and creativity to demand that Spotify drop ICE ads and stand on the right side of history.
- Share photos and videos from your protest on social media and tag Spotify on their social media accounts.
- Use hashtags: #CancelSpotify #DontStreamFascism #StopICEAds
- Tag Spotify publicly and urge artists, podcasters, and labels to denounce these ads and oppose the platform complicity.
- Use our social media toolkit to post online.