Spotify announced Sunday that it will add a content advisory to any podcast episode that discusses Covid-19 amid complaints that it was allowing misinformation to spread on its platform.
.” The program, which is available exclusively on Spotify, reached No. 1 globally last year, Spotify said last month.
reported. NBC News has not seen the original post, and it is unclear why it was removed from Young’s website.In a written statement Wednesday, a Spotify spokesperson said the platform wants all music and audio content to be available to its users. “Private companies have the right to choose what they profit from, just as I can choose not to have my music support a platform that disseminates harmful information,” he wrote in another letter to fans. “I am happy and proud to stand in solidarity with the front line health care workers who risk their lives every day to help others.
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