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Spotify Removes Racist Music In Response To Charlottesville

Streaming services, blogs and musicians have been busy this week distancing themselves from white supremacy.
Virginia State Police on August 13, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, one day after a "Unite the Right" rally ended in violence and one dead. / Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Spotify and other streaming services have begun removing white supremacist content from their platforms, as websites and musicians alike scramble to distance themselves from the white nationalist movement.

In a statement on Wednesday, Spotify blamed the labels and distributors that supply music to its database but said "material that favors hatred or incites violence against race, religion, sexuality or the like is

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