The controversy focuses on the program ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, the most popular on the platform, which encourages not to get vaccinated.
Prince Harry of England and his wife, Meghan Markle, expressed concern to Spotify about misinformation about COVID-19 on that platform, but are willing to continue working with that company, a spokesperson for their foundation, Archewell, explained Sunday.
The pronouncement of the Dukes of Sussex comes after Neil Young and Joni Mitchell Announce They’re Pulling Their Music From Spotify as a protest against the broadcast of a popular podcast accused of spreading falsehoods about COVID-19 and vaccines against the disease.
According to the aforementioned spokesman, Enrique and Meghan spoke with Spotify in April and addressed “the real consequences” of misinformation about COVID-19.
“We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure that changes are made to their platform in order to help address this public health crisis,” the Dukes said through their spokesperson.
What’s more, expressed their desire that Spotify “live up” to the current moment, with criticism from various artists, and stated that they remain “committed” to continue working with the platform.
Enrique and Meghan signed in 2020 an exclusive agreement with Spotify for 24 million dollars to premiere a series of radio programs throughout 2021, although for now they have only published a 34-minute podcast and that was a Christmas special, the company recently explained.
That one show featured guests like chef José Andrés, comedian James Corden, musician Elton John and tennis player Naomi Osaka, who discussed how to deal with the pandemic and shared several personal anecdotes.
The controversy around Spotify focuses on the program The Joe Rogan Experience, considered the most popular podcast in the United States.
The program, which is offered exclusively on this platform after Spotify signed Rogan for 100 million dollars in 2020, has been repeatedly criticized for promoting coronavirus conspiracy theories and encouraging non-vaccination.
A letter signed by 270 American doctors and scientists warned Spotify a few weeks ago that it was allowing the dissemination of messages that damage public confidence in scientific research and health recommendations.
Neil Young – friend of Mitchell – said that after having read that letter he could not continue supporting the platform of streaming and decided to remove their songs from that service. (I)
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