The world’s number one music streaming company reacted to the attacks and announced that it wanted to take measures to combat misinformation. After Neil Young, many artists spoke out, threatening to also withdraw their titles from the listening offer due to content on the platform conveying fake news on the Covid-19.
” Based on the feedback we have had over the past few weeks, it has become clear to me that we have an obligation to do more to provide balance and access to widely accepted information from the medical and scientific communities. said Swedish billionaire Daniel Ek, CEO and Founder of Spotify.
The streaming platform is therefore back in force with a proposal that puts it back in the front line by offering links that will guide its users to factual and scientifically sourced information in all the podcasts that deal with the epidemic: “ This new effort to combat disinformation will be launched in countries around the world in the coming days. To our knowledge, these content tips are a first for a major podcast platform. », congratulates Daniel Ek.
Spotify also released its rules of use on Sunday, January 30 and said, ” test ways “to signal more to podcast creators” what is acceptable “. No sanction was mentioned concerning in particular the podcast of the controversial Joe Rogan accused of having discouraged vaccination among young people and of having pushed for the use of an unauthorized treatment, theivermectin, against the coronavirus.
A protest movement was initiated by rock-folk singer Neil Young, followed by country singer Joni Mitchell. Singer James Blunt had joined the concert of recriminations by threatening, with irony, to release new songs if the podcast of Joe Rogan did not leave the platform.
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