[All Platforms] Explicit Filter

[sekuether21]

Add a button that controls whether Explicit songs are played or not.  When it is off and you're listening to an album or playlist, the explicit songs are skipped. That way you can still listen to your favorite album or playlist when more impressionable members of the family (kids / parents) are around.

[cinnamondelight]

Please add this option! I'd love to upgrade to the family package but with a 3 and a 9-yr old then I can't have them listen to all the swearing, and to be honest, I don't want to hear it all either!

[orwell2014]

Spotify doesn't know their customer and ignores this as the #1 request on
their support site. They can either change or fade away like all tech
companies who don't understand their customers.

Maybe we should call them and start using explicit #%*€¥! language on the
phone until the service has an explicit filter 🙂

[bird4]

Can you just put a filter on the explicit songs? Then we can still listen to the songs just without the swearing and stuff.

[orwell2014]

Bird4, you can't do that as they don't own the songs or rights to edit them.  Only the record company or owner of the music can legally do that.

They need to simply allow blocking songs and albums with explicit content from child accounts entirely, then allow toggling on/off of explicit music on adult/standard accounts.

[Warwickf1]

To everyone : (please read to the end)

Whilst posting comments on the community page is important, this action alone will not make any difference to Spotify policy. We must take more direct action.

I have contacted Spotify a couple of times and they claim they are against censorship and that only children age 13 plus (country dependent) should have direct access to content. In fact, they threaten to close accounts that permit direct access to younger children.  However, this is not about censorship. This is about customer choice and general responsibilities that corporations should have.  

At the very least please do at least the following:

 - contact Spotify (simple help/support button) and complain

 - when they quote the standard response above, ask to speak to someone higher

 - when escalations contact you, refuse to be satisfied, ask to speak to someone higher

 - repeat process

Alternatively, you can contact:

Daniel Ek – Chairman and CEO

Andreas Ehn – (CTO) Chief Technology Officer

Stefan Blom – Chief Content Office

Their London (HQ) address is : (or Tel: +44 203318 9701)

28 Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TU

Their U.S. address if you prefer is: (TEL 1-646-837-5380)

76 9th Avenue, Suite 1110, New York, NY 10011-4962 I

nterestingly, Mr Ted Sarandos, the boss of Netflix, is on the Spotify Board. If Netflix can have a simple 4-digit password to protect younger users, then it can’t be a stretch for Spotify.

Let’s do what we can. We must contact Spotify employees or board members directly. This community page is just that, a community page.

So, pick up a pen, click on the Support button or pick up the phone.

Thanks for reading to the end, if you have more information or ideas of direct influence, please share.

[markbad311]

Lets get this done already.  This is long long long overdue.

[jodyoliverson]

Can we do something to contact an executive at Spotify. Bombard them on twitter, search them out on linkedin, facebook campaign.

[orwell2014]

Apple Music offers filtering explicit music.

Pandora offers filtering explicit music

Google lets you get very granular on managing your personal or family music settings

Iheartradio offers filtering explicit music

Spotify lets your 13 year old listen to this (or have it play whil you're at work):

I'd rather **bleep** you - NWA Feat Easy E
Shimmy Shimmy Ya - ODB
Slob on my nob - Tear da club up thugs
Run a train - Project pat
Oochie Wally - Nas
My Neck, My back (Lick it) - Khia
Gettin Some - Shawnna
Pretty **bleep** - Plies
We Want Some **bleep** - The Rubix Cubes
Some cut - Trillville, Cutty
Wait - Ying Yang Twins
Play - David Banner
Put it in your mouth - Akinyele, Kia Jeffries
We Want Some **bleep** - 2 Live Crew
I get wet - Andrew WK
**bleep** With Childre - Apocalypse Hoboken
Louise - NOFX
She Broke My **bleep** - All
Suicide - Choking Victim
Ahtiest Anthem - Lefover Crack
Lucky the Donkey - Guttermouth
This won't hurt a bit - Gutermouth
Fourteen - The Vandals
The Dwarves are still the best band ever - Dwarves
Dogyard - Lunachicks

[orwell2014]

 OH THE IRONY!!!!  Spotify support edits out song titles of their own music when you post on here - see my last post above.  Anywhere it says **bleep** was a swear word.

So the songs are too seedy to be listed in your support forum, but it's cool for 13 year olds to chill to?

[Brownie3]

Yes they get on their high horse about not censoring music but they will censor literature. 

Muppets! 

Left them a month ago on Google play now 

Gave them a spray on the exit survey. You think anyone reached out ? Course not. 

Even if they implemented this now I would not come back.