Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have expressed their concerns over the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on Spotify, where they have a podcasting deal.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry spoke out about misinformation on Spotify in the wake of Joe Rogan's various critics.
"Since the inception of Archewell, we have worked to address the real-time global misinformation crisis. Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the serious harms of rampant mis- and disinformation every day," a statement from an Archewell spokesperson reads. "Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform.
The statement concludes: "We look to Spotify to meet this moment and are committed to continuing our work together as it does."After agreeing to remove Young’s music from its platform, Spotify issued a statement saying that it has policies in place to remove misleading content from its platform and has taken down more than 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. However, it did not address "The Joe Rogan Experience" directly.
Last month, for example, Rogan interviewed on his podcast Dr. Robert Malone, an infectious disease specialist who has been banned from Twitter for spreading COVID misinformation. Prior to that, he previously caught backlash for telling "Joni Mitchell and Neil Young are removing their music from Spotify in an act of protest against Joe Rogan.
Rogan is one of the streaming service's biggest stars, with a contract that could earn him more than $100 million.
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