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Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.

Spotify, SoundCloud and other tech platforms have worked to remove a new song from Ye that praises Adolf Hitler, but the song and its video have continued to proliferate online including across X, where it has racked up millions of views.

On various mainstream and alternative tech platforms this week, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been able to share his latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” along with its companion title, “WW3,” which similarly glorifies Hitler, the architect of the Holocaust.

While some platforms have taken steps to attempt to pull down the song, others have seemingly let it spread freely.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 hours ago

I think we should all download it, over and over, let's see if we can get their CDN costs up to a couple mil this month.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 313 points 1 day ago (59 children)

It’s literally called “Heil Hitler”.

I think anyone who defends him needs to back up now.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 93 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Whoah, whoah, we don't want to be jumping to conclusions about who may, or may not, be a Nazi. /s

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Hey, now, maybe he was just trying to "put his heart out" to people. Also he's autistic or something.

Him saying "I looooove Hitler" on Alex Jones was just him saying "I don't love Hitler", but in secret code."

- MAGA, probably

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't believe it was that incident that revealed Snopes as a nazi outlet(they basically said it was impossible to tell and talked about "not being able to read his mind". And they have made zero attempts at correcting the article or changing their stance, so they stand by what was written)

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They desperately sane wash Trump.

I wonder if it’s connected to the drama behind the site. There was a really good breakdown I read about how a war between the guy and his ex wife over who got to own it..

[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can I just say, I fucking hate that line in particular. It's a thought-killing cliché.

Of course we can't know what's in anybody's mind or heart. So we have to go by their actions. And his actions were, quite plainly to anybody with eyes, a Nazi salute. And honestly, it's not surprising or shocking that he would do one; his other actions around the world scream "Nazi".

Man, for years, I had right wing dickbags telling me Snopes was leftist propaganda because it debunked all their crazy bullshit. And now they go and pull something like this.

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[–] klu9@lemmy.ca 85 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Ye was briefly able to upload the song to the popular music streaming services Spotify and SoundCloud.

Isn't SoundCloud in Germany? [Checks Wikipedia] Yes, it is.

Isn't promotion of Hitler and Nazism in Germany a serious crime? [Checks Qwant] Yes, it is.

E.g.

Imprisonment, not exceeding five years, or a fine, will be the punishment for whoever, in public or in an assembly, approves, denies or minimizes an act described in § 220a(1) [i.e., genocide] committed under National Socialism, in a manner which is liable to disturb the public peace.

EXTRADITE KANYE!

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[–] pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 47 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So when is he going to get a conservatorship?

He’s clearly in need of others making decisions for him.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Part of the song is complaining about how he can’t access his bank account, so maybe there’s action there.

But we all know conservatorships are really for when your child who you relentlessly groomed as a sex object wants to start keeping her own money. (How much do you think Dan Schneider paid off the family to keep anyone from knowing who her sisters baby daddy was?)

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 129 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It was so funny when Alex Jones was like “yeah Kanye we know what you mean, the Nazis did some good things for the German people under Hitler but you don’t ‘love’ Hitler.”

And Kanye was like

“I LOOOOOOOOOVE HITLERRRRRRRRR!”

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 90 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know you're insane when you make Alex Jones look reasonable.

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago

"Bears are so strong and smart, they are great" said the salmon.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

I read the title and thought it was the onion

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 111 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 114 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Mental illness is no longer an acceptable excuse.

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