Spotify Is Blocking Porn That Rises to Top of Podcasts

Spotify says it has cut down on the number of explicit porn accounts on its video platform after they kept rising to the top of feeds. The company denies that its new creator monetization program gave any money to these supposed porn accounts, which implies your best option for paid personalized porn is still OnlyFans. If you’ve found any strange images of porn showing up in your Spotify searches, you’re not alone. Bloomberg reported that searching for podcasts on managerial advice also pulled up an account for podcasting porn. The programming in question included an image of Ghostface from the Scream franchise as a cover. Some porn accounts were making waves in the top 15 shows of normally innocent categories as TV and film, according to Bloomberg. In a statement, a Spotify spokesperson told Gizmodo, “As part of our platform rules, we do not allow sexually explicit material on our platform,” adding that the offending material has been removed. Bloomberg suggested some of these porn ... Read full article.