Spotify (SPOT) Accused by Turkish Official of ‘Insulting’ Content

A Turkish official called for legal action against Spotify Technologies SA, saying the streaming service’s content isn’t in accord with the nation’s cultural and moral values.

“Spotify, despite all our previous warnings, insists on not taking steps to fix content that targets our religious and national values,” Batuhan Mumcu, Turkey’s deputy minister of Culture and Tourism, said in a post on X on Friday. “It’s insulting our society’s beliefs, while ignoring the rights of our artists.”