Audio streaming platform Spotify said it has removed a podcast from influencer Andrew Tate for violating the company's policies.

In a statement to The Guardian, Spotify claimed that the content was removed because it “violated our policies, not because of employee discussion.” Per the outlet, the streaming service doesn’t remove content based on an individual’s behavior outside of the platform—the whole Joe Rogan debacle should serve as pretty good evidence of that—but it does have a policy to remove content that makes “dehumanising” statements about groups based on protected characteristics like gender or sexuality.

The music streaming platform received criticism for keeping the show for as long as it did.

Spotify made the wise decision to remove one of Andrew Tate’s podcasts from the platform after numerous complaints. The controversial figure’s “classes” taught men how to manipulate and control women,

Andrew Tate’s podcast has been removed from Spotify after several complaints from both employees and an online petition garnering 92,000 signatures. The misogynist influencer has been de-platformed by both YouTube and TikTok previously.

Andrew Tate’s podcast titled “pimping hoes degree” has been removed from Spotify following reported complaints from internal staff at the platform, as well as a petition which has garnered tens of thousands of signatures.

A petition calling for Spotify to remove the courses is picking up steam on the Change·org website, with nearly 33,000 signatures at the time of writing. The petition was launched by Renee Chopping, a trauma counsellor who works with survivors of sex trafficking.

Spotify has removed two Andrew Tate courses that were published on its platform instructing men on how to exploit women, but a third, called ‘Andrew Tate PHD (Pimping Hoes Degree)’, remains. A petition calling for all three courses to be removed has now passed 25,

Pretty vile that we’re hosting content,' one employee says on the audio streamer’s internal messaging platform.

Spotify has taken down Andrew Tate ’s “pimping hoes” podcast as it was found to be in breach of the company’s rules.

Andrew Tate, who grew up in Luton, is under criminal investigation in three countries - Alexandru Dobre/AP