The backlash-or feedback, as Ek calls it-began earlier this month when 260 health care professionals wrote an open letter lambasting Spotify for an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in which guest Robert Malone “promot baseless conspiracy theories” about COVID-19. Spotify did not immediately respond to request for comment on why the label had not been added yet.
As of Monday, however, the Rogan episode that kick-started the current criticism of Spotify’s COVID coverage is still available, without a content advisory sticker. Last week, Spotify said it had deleted 20,000 podcast episodes it believed were spreading misinformation about COVID-19, including 40 episodes from Joe Rogan’s 1,768 episode catalog. “Based on the feedback over the last several weeks, it’s 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 guiding us through this unprecedented time,” Ek said in a statement on Spotify’s website.Īs part of that balance, Ek says Spotify will add a content advisory label to any podcast that mentions COVID-19, which will direct listeners to a “ dedicated COVID-19 hub” that “provides easy access to data-driven facts.” As of writing, Spotify’s COVID-19 hub is a collection of three daily podcasts about the coronavirus, published by the BBC, ABC, and Politico, respectively.
In a Instagram video post published late Sunday and already viewed over 2.4 million times, Rogan said he needed to do more research before having controversial scientists on his show and “could have more experts with different opinions right after the controversial ones.” He added that his show had become an “out-of-control juggernaut,” and “If I pissed you off, I’m sorry.”Īlso on Sunday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said the streaming giant would add a “content advisory to any podcast episode that includes a discussion about COVID-19.”
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