In an article published this week by Digital Music News, journalist Paul Resnikoff outlined that he had found almost 40 white supremacist bands on the music streaming service.
Spotify responded with a statement indicating they have deleted an unspecified number of songs associated with white power from their 30 million-strong music library.
“The music in our catalogue comes from hundreds of thousands of record companies and aggregators all over the world, and those are at first hand responsible for the content they deliver,” they told SBS World News.
“Illegal content or material that favours hatred or incites violence against race, religion, sexuality or the like is not tolerated by us. Spotify takes immediate action to remove any such material as soon as it has been brought to our attention.
“We are glad to have been alerted to this content – and have already removed many of the bands identified today, whilst urgently reviewing the remainder.”
PayPal and Apple have also distanced themselves from a number of organisations that promote hate and white nationalism by disabling their service on those websites.
Any website potentially in violation of PayPal's policies is assessed on a case-by-case basis and the team also looks at whether any related associations also violate their terms.
In a statement, PayPal said: “Regardless of the individual or organisation in question, we work to ensure that our services are not used to accept payments or donations for activities that promote hate, violence or racial intolerance.
“This includes organisations that advocate racist views, such as the KKK, white supremacist groups or Nazi groups.”
According to a report from Buzzfeed, Apple Pay was removed from sites selling items promoting white nationalism.
When contacted by SBS World News, Apple did not want to comment on any particular case but referenced its guidelines that Apple Pay must not be incorporated into a website that “promotes hate, violence, or intolerance based on race, age, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation”.
The company's CEO Tim Cook posted his views on Twitter:
