We all more or less know Joe Rogan, a tough guy who doesn’t mince his words and who often talks faster than he checks his sources. It is therefore not surprising that an episode of his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience be the subject of controversy over Spotify
, since he distills contradictory information on anti-COVID vaccines.
Spotify, however, remains moderate about the censorship of its content, arguing that it cannot censor the millions of works recorded on the platform. For his part, Joe Rogan signed an exclusive contract with Spotify in 2020 and totals hundreds of millions of plays.
Joe Rogan, the most listened to podcaster on the planet
Don’t count on Joe Rogan, the man who made Elon Musk smoke cannabis on a show, to back down on his provocative statements. Yet a team of 270 doctors, nurses and scientists recently wrote an open letter to Spotify to report the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
Doctor Robert Malone’s interview added fuel to the fire on December 31, 2021, when the scientist indicates that the population is manipulated by Joe Biden on the effectiveness of anti-COVID vaccines. Whey for Joe Rogan, who also considers ivermectin to be the only effective remedy for the virus that stopped the planet in its tracks in 2020.
Joe Rogan runs the most listened to show in the world, with over 10 million listeners on every podcast. His exclusivity deal with Spotify in 2020 is the best deal in podcast history ($100 million pocketed for Rogan), and his shows have more than 200 million streams on the platform. As a result, it is quite difficult to censor his show, even when the guests slip up.
Spotify prefers moderate censorship
However, there is work done in terms of censoring false information on COVID, assures Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, who highlights the censorship of a song by Ian Brown (singer of the Stone Roses), or that of a Pete Evans podcast. However, there is no official procedure for moderating content, as on Twitter or Facebook.
Spotify points out its lack of editorial responsibility for the content published on the platform. Its CEO drives the point home by recalling that “ rappers make tens of millions of dollars every year on the platform nor does Spotify dictate ” what they put in their songs “. In summary, censoring everyone would be far too daunting a task.
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Source: Engadget
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