Spotify Adding COVID-19 Content Advisories
to Podcast Episodes to ‘Combat Misinformation’
Posted By: earlybird, 1/31/2022 10:32:17 AM
Spotify will be adding content advisories to podcast episodes in an effort to combat misinformation about COVID-19, the company’s chief executive officer, Daniel Ek has announced. In a blog post published on Jan. 30, the Swedish audio streaming service said it was “working to add a content advisory to any podcast episode that includes a discussion about COVID-19.” The planned advisory comes shortly after Spotify removed Neil Young’s music from the site when the singer accused podcaster Joe Rogan of spreading false information about coronavirus vaccines and “potentially causing death.” After giving the company an ultimatum between getting rid of Rogan, who hosts Spotify’s top-rated podcast, or him,
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Veteran, 76-year-old rocker Neil Young was bad enough. Seventy-eight-year-old Joni Mitchell soon followed. In yet another “devastating blow,” 71-year-old Peter Frampton came next. Oh noes, how will Spotify survive?
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Who is Spotify to judge whether what Rogan presented was “misinformation”? His guest was Dr. Robert Malone, whose information is not misinformation. And we won’t talk about Neil Young’s medical qualifications. Or Joni Mitchell’s.