Spotify Reacts After Meghan and Harry Voice Concerns Over "Misinformation".

 

It has been a week Spotify would instead forget. After a quantity of artists quit the platform due to its ongoing support of Joe Rogan’s controversial podcast and the company’s international market share taking a foremost hit, the Sussexes have publicly expressed worries about misinformation on the streaming platform.

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle’s Archewell organization, which has a dedicated podcast division signed completely to the audio streamer, launched a assertion early Sunday expressing the couple’s issues about Spotify’s failure to forestall the unfold of coronavirus misinformation.

A spokesperson for the Sussexes advised media outlets, such as BAZAAR.com, that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex first aired their views on the count as some distance again as April 2021—four months after signing a multi-year podcast partnership.

"Last April, our co-founders commenced expressing worries to our partners at Spotify about the all too actual penalties of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform," the spokesperson says. "We have persevered to express our concerns to Spotify to make sure modifications to its platform are made to assist address this public fitness crisis."

"We seem to Spotify to meet this moment and are dedicated to persevering with our work collectively as it does," the consultant added.

Just hours earlier than the couple’s January 30 statement, self-help writer and friend of the Sussexes Brené Brown took to Twitter to share she will now not be importing new episodes of her exceptional Spotify podcasts, Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead, till similarly notice. “I will not be releasing any podcasts till in addition notice. . . I’m sorry and I'll let you be aware of if and when that changes,” she wrote.

It appears Spotify have been listening closely. On Sunday evening, CEO Daniel Ek announced that the company is planning to put in force “changes to assist fight misinformation”. In a press release, he explained, “It’s end up clear to me that we have an obligation to do greater to grant balance and access to widely-accepted information from the scientific and scientific communities guiding us via this unparalleled time.”

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