Spotify has removed an Andrew Tate podcast after complaints from users including an online petition signed by more than 92,000 people.
The “degree course” by the misogynist influencer titled “pimping hoes” was deemed to be in breach of the company’s rules and removed.
Several podcasts have been removed from the service this week, including the “pimping hoes” course.
They are also wanted by UK authorities investigating allegations of rape and human trafficking. Last month they flew to the US after Romanian prosecutors suspended a travel ban and a court lifted a precautionary seizure on some of their assets.
The brothers have denied all the allegations against them and say their wealth has made them targets. “I’m sure at the end we’ll be absolutely exonerated,” Tate said last year.
It emerged last week that Kyle Clifford, a former soldier, watched up to 10 Tate videos before he murdered Louise Hunt, 25, her sister Hannah, 28, and their mother, Carol, 61, at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, last year.
In 2022, musician Neil Young removed his music catalogue from Spotify because Joe Rogan’s podcasts were being platformed on Spotify and called Spotify “the home of life-threatening Covid misinformation”.
However, he returned to the platform in 2024 as Rogan’s podcast was allowed to be distributed to other platforms including Apple Podcasts and YouTube.
Young said he could not protest on all platforms as his music would not be able to be streamed anywhere.
Tate’s legal representatives have been contacted for comment.