AI Propaganda Songs Found on Major Streaming Platforms, Raising Content Moderation Concerns
A Kyiv-based intelligence NGO, Terrecon, has identified 981 AI-generated propaganda songs glorifying Russia's war on major streaming platforms including Deezer, Spotify, SoundCloud, and YouTube. These tracks, with public play counts, accumulated approximately 86.8 million plays, with 25 exceeding 1 million plays. Terrecon's investigation revealed that Russian creators were offering to produce such songs for prices ranging from $11 to $330, with delivery times as short as two hours. The study also found that some AI music generators, like Udio, created tracks with calls for violence without restriction, while others, like Suno, blocked profane English prompts but accepted the same requests in Russian. Distributors showed varied responses, with DistroKid accepting and distributing test tracks to platforms, while Amuse and Sferoom refused them. Many platforms failed to flag or remove these songs until directly questioned by analysts.
