Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.

Spotify, SoundCloud and other tech platforms have worked to remove a new song from Ye that praises Adolf Hitler, but the song and its video have continued to proliferate online including across X, where it has racked up millions of views.

On various mainstream and alternative tech platforms this week, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been able to share his latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” along with its companion title, “WW3,” which similarly glorifies Hitler, the architect of the Holocaust.

While some platforms have taken steps to attempt to pull down the song, others have seemingly let it spread freely.

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    14 hours ago

    Yes it is, but it’s also protected by the freedom of art. Which makes prosecution harder, considering that 2 very strong freedoms act in Kanyes favour here

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      12 hours ago

      Those assholes don’t give a shit about “freedom of art” when video games like Wolfenstien can’t get released in Germany.

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        Wolfenstein has been released in Germany, just without the Swastikas. Germany is not the USA where stuff is either black or white, so this being nuanced is a good thing - even if don’t like it in this particular case. Which we don’t even know because we can’t look into the state attorney’s inner proceedings