Spotify nixes controversial Alex Jones podcast episodes from catalog

Spotify, under pressure from subscribers, removed several episodes of a podcast by InfoWars’ Alex Jones on Wednesday, claiming they violated the company’s hate speech policies
, according to multiple reports.

“We take reports of hate content seriously and review any podcast episode or song that is flagged by our community,” a Spotify spokesperson told Recode and Variety. “Spotify can confirm it has removed specific episodes of ‘The Alex Jones Show’ podcast for violating our hate content policy.”