As of 2015, Spotify became one of the world’s biggest podcasts platforms.
Background: Spotify are one of the world’s biggest music streaming platforms. And, as of 2015, they’re also one of the world’s biggest podcasts platforms (Call Her Daddy, Michelle Obama's pod and the Joe Rogan Experience).
What happened: Joe Rogan is...controversial. He's loved by many, but a lot of listeners (and scientific experts) reckon he sometimes crosses a few lines. One of them being the COVID misinformation line.
What else: In a December podcast, Joe Rogan spoke to a critic of the COVID vaccine. As a result, medical and scientific experts…and even your mum’s fave singer, Neil Young, called on Spotify to take the ep down.
💡While most written content is moderated by platforms like Facebook and Twitter, podcasts have been largely left untouched.
💡One reason is that podcasts exist across a number of different platforms and apps (i.e. a podcast on Spotify might also be on Apple Podcasts). This means all platforms would need to agree on the content to be moderated.
💡There are also around 17,000 shows that launch weekly, which makes it really hard to keep track of. But as platforms like Facebook and TikTok receive more pressure to rein in COVID lies...times could be changing for Spotify.
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