Spotify removes music racist bands

Spotify has removed the music of a number of extreme right-wing artists on Wednesday.

'Spotify does not tolerate illegal music that hates or raises violence because of skin color, faith, sexuality or whatever,' said a spokesman for the company. The removed artists are listed as defenders of the so-called white power and white supremacy movements, which regard the white race as superior on earth.

After the violent riots in American Charlottesville between fans of these movements and protesters, a lot of fuss has arisen in the US. President Trump received criticism from various politicians and celebrities because he did not firmly remove the ultranationalist groups. Also, a series of board chairmen of major American companies such as 3M, Campbell Soup and Merck came from a Trump Advisory Board.

In addition to Spotify, previous hosting company GoDaddy and Google already took action against neonazist websites, such as Daily Stormer.