Though Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, the company presently has no misinformation policy. Over the past several days, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and other musicians have pulled their music from Spotify to protest the streamer’s relationship with controversial podcaster Joe Rogan, who’s. Musicians Graham Nash, Nils Lofgren, and India Arie are the latest stars to boycott Spotify, following in the path of Neil Young who last week demanded his songs be pulled from the streaming service in what has become a media-fueled effort to censor and deplatform Rogan. With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence. Occupy Democrats is fully aware that Rogan made a solid, virtually inarguable point about the poor way Democratic leaders handled the pandemic. Spotify isn’t going to drop Rogan because he advocated for Republican candidates, nor should they. We are a coalition of scientists, medical professionals, professors, and science communicators spanning a wide range of fields such as microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, and neuroscience and we are calling on Spotify to take action against the mass-misinformation events which continue to occur on its platform. The same thing will happen with the Occupy Democrats’ boycott. (The Obamas, who also have a podcast distribution deal with Spotify, have been silent, however. TRENDING: The FBI Ordered Informant Igor Danchenko to Erase All Evidence from His Phone of His Role in Their Attempted Coup of President Trump JRE #1757 is not the only transgression to occur on the Spotify platform, but a relevant example of the platform’s failure to mitigate the damage it is causing. Maybe if you combined every segment, but that's hard to do since the viewers overlap substantially. Lies being sold for money has hit home for him.
Even the highest rated news network, Fox, pulls in 3 million on average for their best segment. Young’s argument that by paying for Rogan’s podcast, Spotify has become the home of life-threatening Covid misinformation. By allowing the propagation of false and societally harmful assertions, Spotify is enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals. Joe Rogan is averaging 11 million listens for his podcast. Alternative rock band Failure joined the boycott on Tuesday and stated they have been parting ways with Spotify. The episode has been criticized for promoting baseless conspiracy theories and the JRE has a concerning history of broadcasting misinformation, particularly regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. 31, 2021, the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE), a Spotify-exclusive podcast, uploaded a highly controversial episode featuring guest Dr. Mitchell cited a letter to Spotify by activist physicians demanding censorship of Rogan (excerpt):
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