{"id":102502,"date":"2025-01-07T09:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=102502"},"modified":"2025-01-07T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T09:06:47","slug":"spotify-porn-shown-in-search-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotify-porn-shown-in-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify faces backlash after porn shown in search results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Users have criticized Spotify of ineffective moderation after showing porn videos in the search results for some popular artists.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/truespotify\/comments\/1honv2p\/bro_what_the_actual_fuck\/\">A thread on Reddit<\/a> recently gained attention after including a screenshot that showed a porn video appearing as a suggested result in the search results for popular rapper M.I.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first instance of porn showing in Spotify in recently weeks. Other users have found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/spotify\/comments\/1hl7705\/i_was_searching_up_ryuichi_sakamoto_and_a_bunch\/\">explicit videos in the search results,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/truespotify\/comments\/1h0cabz\/decided_to_check_my_discover_weekly_literally\/\">erotic audio tracks being suggested in Discover Weekly,<\/a> and back in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/whats-going-on-with-the-hardcore-porn-images-on-spotify\/\">a Vice story<\/a> reported sexually explicit audio and graphic nudity in user-made playlist cover art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While these specific examples seem to have been addressed, how the content slipped through Spotify&#8217;s moderation process in the first place remains to be seen. 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