After the announcement of timid measures, the Swedish music streaming giant rebounded 11% on Wall Street.
Enough to put out the fire? Accused of letting fake news on the Covid circulate in Joe Rogan’s podcasts, Spotify finally came out of its reserve to announce measures intended to combat misinformation. A way to bring the tension down a notch, after the departure of folk-rock legend Neil Young and when the hashtag #DeleteSpotify was born on social networks.
The Swedish music streaming giant, which had so far been content with “to regret” the departure of the singer, first made public its rules of use, published for a long time but accessible only to the creators of the platform.
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At the same time, the service announced the introduction of links in all podcasts evoking the health crisis which will redirect listeners to a hub of factual and scientifically sourced information. A measure that should be effective “in the next few days“. Finally, Spotify assured that it would “test ways…
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