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Spotify is facing criticism from anti-misinformation group and its own team for the appearance of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on the show, Joe Rogan.Rogan's hugely popular podcast signed an exclusive deal with Spotify earlier this year for $ 100 million (£ 77 million).But Spotify officials have expressed internal concerns about Jones' appearance as a guest.Spotify banned Jones' own podcast two years ago for hate speech.
The tech company, however, declined to comment on Mr Rogan's broadcast.Throughout the three-hour podcast, Jones discussed a wide variety of topics, including wearing a mask against COVID-19 and the risks of vaccines making people sick.Mr. Rogan did his own investigation during the show.But campaigners worry that Jones has been given the opportunity to promote inaccurate information about the outbreak to a large audience.
Basically, they have joker been profitable by building the platform and embracing the most outrageous views on finding ad dollars and subscription revenue," said Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Counter for Digital Hate.That was a marvelous moral decision.
Inner row
The Joe Rogan Show's exclusive deal with Spotify will see the show disappear from other platforms later in the year, but it's still available and very popular on other platforms like Apple podcasts and on YouTube.But Spotify's payment for podcast rights has caused internal controversy.Bloomberg reports that Spotify officials have visited the company's internal Slack chat channel to talk about the episode, sharing an internal format for enhanced content reporting and grievance.The internal return informed an email to officials from the company's senior legal officer, a copy obtained by Buzzfeed News.
If team members have concerns about any content on our platform, you should encourage them to report it to Trust & Safety, as they are experts on our team with content review," the email said.However, it's important they don't just flag content just because of what they read online, it's too common for things to be taken out of context." Among the "talking points" about the controversy stated in the e-mail are: "We will not ban any individual from being a guest on another's show because the episode / show complies with our content policy."
YouTube, which still hosts a video version of interviews, said it had banned the channel. But not individual speakers Alex Jones' channel has been terminated and he is no longer able to use the YouTube channel, but he is still allowed to appear in other videos as long as they follow our community guidelines," said spokesman Alex Joseph.
We have reviewed his latest interview and it has not violated our policies.
'Check all the facts'
Rogan responded to the controversy in the Instagram post: “I know people criticize the content of the podcast without listening. But I was right He claims that he examines the facts. "All the crazy things he said" and "they were all confirmed.The answer was accompanied by a Bill Gates video interviewed about the relatively few side effects which have been suffered by many in vaccine trials.He talks crazy things But that's right, and that's what I've been saying about him for years. "Rogan concluded.
When the exclusive deal was announced, Rogan said Spotify would not have editorial controls on the podcast.But Mr Ahmed said that was "A very familiar story… from a profitable content platform, there is nothing they can do while enjoying all the rewards.What Alex Jones is saying is really dangerous," he said, highlighting the level of COVID cases in the United States.A lot of things said are scientific nonsense I don't think Joe Rogan knows what fact-checking is.
The controversy arose when Spotify announced it had added 27% more premium members over the past year, with 144 million paying customers and a plethora of free listeners taking ads.The company has been vigorously pursuing podcasts in recent years, buying many content creators and software products.
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