Spotify says it's removed 70 million 'spammy' tracks amid AI-generated music flood - WLWT
WLWT is reporting on the story above. It caught our attention because it may affect readers checking their internet or a specific service on SpeedTestTools right now.
When automated tracks flood a streaming platform, finding real music becomes much harder. Low-quality filler can easily sneak into your auto-generated playlists, recommendations, and search results, eating up your listening time and your home data with sound you never wanted to hear. A massive cleanup like this helps ensure that the audio piped through your connection actually comes from the creators you enjoy.
You can take a few minutes today to tidy up your own library. Open your saved playlists and look for grayed-out or unplayable tracks, which show up when songs are taken down. Removing those dead links keeps your queues running smoothly. If your daily mixes or radio stations sound generic or strange, tap the hide button on those songs to retrain your recommendations.
Music streaming works best when your connection brings you tunes you genuinely love rather than automated digital clutter.
- Run a quick speed test — get concrete numbers before assuming it's your ISP.
- Open the Down Detector board to see which major services are actually having issues right now.
- If numbers look off, walk through the Fix-My-Internet checklist — most issues clear in the first two steps.