Spotify’s Big Oops! Explicit Videos Show Up on the App
Spotify, the popular music app, faced a major problem recently. Users found explicit videos, when they searched for songs. This is serious because people of all ages, including kids, use Spotify.
What Happened?
Imagine searching for your favorite artist and seeing something inappropriate. This is what happened to some Spotify users around December 30, 2024. The videos were not music-related but were explicit and hidden in the search results.
How It Started
It all began on Reddit. A user shared a screenshot showing a explicit video in the search results for the artist M.I.A. (Source: The Verge).
Other users confirmed seeing similar content when searching for different artists.
How Were the Videos Hidden?
The explicit videos were disguised as podcasts. This means someone tricked Spotify by making the videos appear like podcasts. Since Spotify doesn’t check podcasts as closely as music, the videos slipped through their filters.
Spotify’s Response
Spotify acted quickly and removed the videos. They apologized for the issue and promised to fix the problem.
But this isn’t the first time Spotify has faced such issues. In 2022, Vice reported that inappropriate pictures and sounds were found on the app.
Recently, Digital Music News revealed that people were using Spotify to spread harmful things like viruses and spam. These incidents show that Spotify struggles to monitor all content uploaded to its platform.
What’s Next?
This incident highlights the need for Spotify to improve its content monitoring systems. They must ensure that everyone, especially kids, can use the app safely without encountering inappropriate material.
Spotify has said they are working to fix these issues and make it easier for users to report bad content. However, they will need to do much more to prevent such incidents in the future.
