Most online platforms draw song praises from Hitler from most online platforms. Have they done enough?
Most people removed anti-Semitic tracks in a few days when they released a new song by controversial rapper Ye on social media platforms and music streaming services last week.
But some experts say these companies aren't fast enough to react or prevent the release of hateful content – in the songs of hip-hop artists, the song formerly known as Kanye West has been watched and listened to by millions of people.
Vlad Khaykin, along with the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, said tech companies are “falling at work” to protect the public from hatred, incitement, harassment and intimidation.
“In this particular case, many of these platforms did take action to remove it from their platforms. But the truth is, it never had any difficulties with these sites in the first place,” said Khaykin, executive vice president of the social impact and partnerships of human rights organizations on North America.
Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Counterattacks on Digital Hate, agreed that the tech companies did not adopt the most basic common sense approach to systematically dealing with content from “hate actors”.
Ye is a rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, who praised Hitler in a live interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, his latest comment in a series of anti-Semitism comments. This has intensified fear that this hatred has become mainstream.
“They can do a lot,” he said, whether it’s hiring employees to find such hateful content or more “complex technical solutions.”
“They can use the same tools as identifying copyrighted content.”
He said the companies are opaque to any method used.
“I can’t tell you if anyone is looking for content.”
Your songs and videos Hill HitlerGlorious Nazi leaders and including samples from Hitler's speeches were removed from many streaming platforms, but still on Elon Musk's social media platform X.
This is just Ye's latest anti-Semitic information, whose X account has been deactivated and reactivated in the past few years due to such positions. Last February, it was deactivated with the following posts, which included you declaring yourself as Nazis and saying “I love Hitler.”
But he soon returned to X, his Hill Hitler (Hooligan version) The video is now close to 10 million views.
Jim Berk, CEO of the Simon Wiesental Center, called on X to allow the song, saying that in a statement it had become Ye's “partner in the face of the Jews' sulfuric acid” and allowed “blatant violation of its own rules.”
“We call on X to withdraw from its platforms, other platforms and distributors to refuse to host or monetize the song,” he said. “There must be a clear route when glorifying the genocide regime, especially when millions of young people.”
Neither X nor Musk responded to these complaints publicly. But many other tech platforms say they have pulled your song.
Soundcloud's spokeswoman said in an email to CBC News that audio streaming platforms have taken steps to remove nearly 400 versions Hill Hitler.
YouTube said it deleted the song and will continue to delete and re-upload, while Reddit said it has been deleting the song and “any celebration message.”
Although Spotify didn't respond, NBC reported that it seemed to have removed the song from its platform as well.
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But, Khaykin from the Simon Wiesenthal Center said that when certain tools, such as AI, can be added to the platform, we are in the age of technology.
In its annual digital terrorism and hatred transcript, the center has hit the major digital platforms on how much hate, anti-Semitism and extremism online. The standard includes the speed at which a platform once reported, and whether they have transparency reports on specific data about hate/terrorist content.
But the center has provided low-level results for most platforms in its 2025 report – Tiktok got C, Spotify got C-, and CS went to Google/YouTube and Facebook/Instagram as well.
“I don't think it's a matter of ability,” Khaykin said. “It's really a will. Is there a real will, and is it taken seriously? Unfortunately, sometimes the willingness to do the right thing goes against profit motives.”
Ahmed is associated with the Digital Hate Center and also questions the company's priorities.
“It is worth remembering that these platforms, if you try to upload copyrighted music for a few seconds, it will be heart-warming,” he said. “However, they can’t seem to act on a piece of content that is glorious among the murders of millions of Jews.”
“They don't seem to be too worried about it, and three seconds of someone stealing Taylor Swift's song.”
