Overview
- Spotify said there are no ICE recruitment ads running on the platform and that the government campaign ended on Spotify at the end of 2025.
- A representative declined to say the company cut ties with ICE and noted that any future ads would need to comply with policies Spotify previously said the ICE spots did not violate.
- Coverage notes that public criticism intensified after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis this week, though Spotify says its ad run ended weeks earlier.
- The recruitment push was part of a broader DHS effort placed across services including Hulu, Max, YouTube, Pandora, and Amazon.
- Industry reporting estimated Spotify received about $74,000 for the placements as activists and artists, including Indivisible-led campaigns, urged boycotts of the service.