Hours after the Sussexes called out Spotify for platforming COVID-19 misinformation, CEO Daniel Ek announced the streaming giant would add advisory labels to some content
pulling their music from the platform in protest, CEO Daniel Ek announced the streaming giant would add advisory labels to some content. “It is important to me that we don’t take on the position of being content censor,” Ek wrote in a public statement, “while also making sure that there are rules in place and consequences for those who violate them.
” While declaring that “these issues are incredibly complex,” the Spotify boss acknowledged a failure to be “transparent around the policies that guide our content more broadly,” and so, Ek added, the platform will work to add content advisory labels to podcast episodes with discussions of COVID-19.
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