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.
No, it’s Dead Kennedys. It’s written by gigantic leftist Jello Biafra and intended as satire.
I don’t think Kanye’s song is satire. I think he’s mentally ill and meant every word to be taken literally. But I look at songs like Kill the Poor or California Uber Alles, and I start to doubt whether some stuffy old politician would be able to tell the difference in intent between those and Kanye’s song. I don’t think that old politician should be given the power to ban any of them.
Anyone who listened to California Über Alles and thought it was a pro fascist song would be absolutely brain dead.
I could definitely see an elderly southern senator believing that, or claiming to believe that simply because he doesn’t like punk music. You’re aware of all the congresspeople claiming that Palestinian genocide protesters are antisemetic, right?