A Sky News investigation has found antisemitic, racist and white supremacist material in podcasts on one of the most popular streaming services, Spotify.
The company said it does not allow hate content on its platform.
But we found podcasts totalling several days’ worth of listening promoting extreme views such as scientific racism, Holocaust denial and far-right antisemitic conspiracy theories.
And while some of the most shocking material was buried inside hours-long episodes, in some cases, explicit slurs could be found in episode titles and descriptions while album artwork displayed imagery adopted by white supremacists.
Spotify removed the content after we reported it to the streaming giant.
But many of these podcasts remain online elsewhere, including in largely unmoderated directories like Google Podcasts.
Google did not respond to our request for comment.
And experts are concerned that the “readily accessible” nature of this material could lure people towards extremism.
Content warning: this article includes references to racist, antisemitic and white supremacist language and ideas
One of the first results returned on Spotify when searching for the phrase “Kalergi Plan” directed us to a series which, at the time, had 76 episodes listed on the platform.
The so-called “Kalergi Plan” is a far-right antisemitic conspiracy theory which alleges that Jewish elites are behind a deliberate plan to erase the white European race by promoting mass immigration.
We have chosen not to name any of the podcast series mentioned in this article to avoid publicising their content.
In one episode, the speaker explicitly promotes the Kalergi Plan.
He claims that the European elite has been “replaced” by a “new urban…
Source : skynews
