Accused for days of instigating coronavirus disinformation Spotify The administration broke its silence. Podcast publisher Joe Rogan had published an interview with those who oppose vaccines developed against COVID-19 on the platform and recommended that a drug whose scientific benefit has not been proven should be used in the treatment of the virus.
The famous musician Neil Young Many artists, in particular, started a boycott against Spotify. A request was made to remove all posts from the platform where Joe Rogan misinformed people about COVID-19. Otherwise, the artists said they would pull all their work from Spotify. The Swedish-based company took a new decision after the reactions.
Apple Music, which trolled Spotify, went viral!
Apple Music became the social media agenda by making fun of the famous musician Neil Young’s departure from Spotify. Here are the details…
Spotify to put a warning on podcasts about Covid
Digital music platform to podcasts talking about Coronavirus will put advisory warnings explained. Company CEO Daniel Ek stated in his blog post that they took this decision to prevent the spread of disinformation that threatens public health.
The alert placed on the podcast scientists, academics, doctors and public health officials It will direct you to Spotify’s COVID-19 Information Center, which contains up-to-date information shared by Kovid warnings, which have started to be accessed as of today, will become widespread in more countries in the coming days.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek also talked about the company’s in-app rules. To share the policies that have been in effect for years with the public. admitting their lack of transparency The supplement emphasized that this causes serious problems, especially during the COVID-19 period. Daniel Ek stated that they will now publish the platform rules publicly on Spotify’s News Center.
$2 billion lost in value
Dispute with Canadian songwriter and singer Neil Young makes it to Spotify cost 2 billion dollars it happened. According to the shared information, the shares of the company were held on January 26-28. lost 6 percent. Although it recovered later, the avalanche-like response to the digital music platform brings with it the concern that the loss of value will continue.
Singer after Neil Young Joni Mitchell He also stated that Joe Rogan’s posts containing false information should be removed from the platform, otherwise he would withdraw his work from Spotify. On the other hand, a group of healthcare professionals published a joint letter condemning Spotify for including anti-vaccine programs.
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