Friday, June 24, 2022

New York Times Worries That Big Tech Won't Censor Hard Enough During Midterm Elections

Spotify has censored a song by rapper Bryson Gray in which he criticizes gay pride month, with song having been 'greyed out' by the streaming giant and made unavailable for download. The pro-Trump rapper released the song 'Pride Month' on June 1st to coincide with the start of the annual period that recognizes the LGBT movement.

"In the song, Gray criticises the LGBT community from a Christian perspective, rapping about transgender activists pushing children onto puberty blockers at twelve years old, the promotion of LGBT motifs by media such as Netflix, and other topics," writes Jack Hadfield.

After being on the platform for 2 weeks, Gray revealed that Spotify had censored the song by removing it completely from his artist page.

Spotify has banned my song "Pride Month" from Spotify.

The rapper noted how his song had been censored for 'homophobia' and yet tracks released by best selling artists like Eminem DMX, and Kendrick Lamar which contain brazen homophobic slurs remained untouched.

"Eminem made a song called 'Fall,' which was on his Kamikaze album a few years ago, and in the song he calls Tyler the Creator the word that gay people hate, the f-word It's right here, free to listen to. How about the other songs where Eminem said the same exact word? Like, the 'Marshall Mathers' song, or how about his song, 'Rap God,' where he literally says he will break a table over the head of the f-word that you can't say. Nope, you can listen to that song too! And I didn't even say that word," said Gray.

Last year, the streaming platform banned a song called Safe Space that literally opens with the line "They might ban me for this song," because it contained lyrics critical of the LGBT movement and BLM. Spotify also previously censored a song by indie music legend Ian Brown for lyrics containing "Misinformation".
 

https://summit.news/2022/06/24/new-york-times-worries-that-big-tech-wont-censor-hard-enough-during-midterm-elections/ 

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