Stuart Dredge, writing fro Music Ally:
Spotify has been taking heat in recent months for its decision to accept and run recruitment ads for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
Now, in an unwelcome end-of-year twist for the company, it’s being threatened by the US administration with new “fees or restrictions” on its business. Not because of anything Spotify has done, but because of intensifying tensions between the US and the European Union.
This being 2025 (and this being this US administration) the threat was made in a post on X by the official United States Trade Representative account.