In May 2018 , Spotify attracted criticism for its " Hate Content & Hateful Conduct policy " that removed the music of R. Kelly and XXXTentacion from its editorial and algorithmic playlists because " When we look at promotion , we look at issues around hateful conduct , where you have an artist or another creator who has done something off-platform that is so particularly out of line with our values , egregious , in a way that it becomes something that we do n't want to associate ourselves with " . R. Kelly has faced accusations of sexual abuse , while XXXTentacion was on trial for domestic abuse in a case that did not reach a judgement before his death that June . This policy was revoked in June because the company deemed the original wording to be too " vague " ; they stated that " Across all genres , our role is not to regulate artists . Therefore , we are moving away from implementing a policy around artist conduct " . However , artists such as Gary Glitter and Lostprophets are still hidden from Spotify 's radio stations and search results
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