Susan Ville<p>📢 San Francisco art-rock band Deerhoof has removed its entire catalog from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spotify</span></a> in protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s $700 million investment in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/helsing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helsing</span></a>, a German AI weapons company. The band condemned the move, stating, “We don’t want our music killing people.” </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warcrimes</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> </p><p>📰 Report: MEMO JUL-04 </p><p><a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250704-spotify-ceo-investments-700m-in-ai-drone-weapons-company-as-artists-call-for-boycott/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">middleeastmonitor.com/20250704</span><span class="invisible">-spotify-ceo-investments-700m-in-ai-drone-weapons-company-as-artists-call-for-boycott/</span></a></p>