Spotify, YouTube and Facebook axes anti-LGBT song by Malaysian band Bunkface for hate speech
Wednesday, 11 Mar 2020 11:57 AM MYT Bunkface lead guitarist Paan, lead vocalist and guitarist Sam, and bassist Youk continue to defend their track ‘Akhir Zaman’. — Picture from Instagram/bunkfaceband
PETALING JAYA, March 11 — Various streaming platforms have removed Malaysian pop-punk band Bunkface’s trackThe song’s lyric video, which sparked controversy with the line “” , was removed from YouTube and Facebook last weekend for violating the platforms’ hate speech policies and community standards respectively.
Spotify followed suit and axed the single from their platform on March 9 shortly after being contacted by Malaysian LGBT portalPressure is mounting on other streaming services to do the same, but Apple appeared to brush off the matter in their reply to“To ensure that all artists are treated fairly, our policy is not to censor artist content that may be deemed offensive, indecent, or objectionable.
“You may want to express your concerns to the artist’s record label. Though the label might not agree to withdraw the content, they might be able to offer a ‘clean’ version on the iTunes Store,” read Apple’s statement.for possibly violating their policies while Joox has been completely unresponsive.from YouTube for promoting homophobia and violence against LGBT people, applauded the website’s decision to take down the lyric video.
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