Discussion

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Spotify like so many other platforms is in a content moderation situation. When the company paid for a multiyear, exclusive licensing deal with Rogan, Spotify did not carry over episodes with far-right figures like Alex Jones. Spotify decides what to host https://www.vice.com/...…

• @zaidjilani Zaid Jilani on x

  If you work at a place devoted to letting people speak and debate, you shouldn't be surprised your work is letting people who disagree with you speak and debate https://www.vice.com/...

• @adam22 @adam22 on x

  Spotify employees are already trying to get Rogan kicked off the platform. You've gotta wonder if he's already regretting this decision https://www.vice.com/...

• @theabridgedzach Zach Weissmueller on x

  I doubt he's regretting it because if they boot him, he'll just go back to doing what he was doing before and get a nice breach-of-contract payout from Spotify in the process. https://twitter.com/...

• @emanuelmaiberg Emanuel Eggberg on x

  there is no way spotify fully understands what it paid for because they'd have to listen to every minute of more than a thousand podcasts which are often 3 hours long https://www.vice.com/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, said the company has had 10 meetings about hosting Joe Rogan's content with employees. Some employees want content removed https://www.vice.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @josephfcox Joseph Cox on x

  New: sources inside Spotify describe how CEO Daniel Ek defended hosting transphobic content from Joe Rogan, one of most popular podcasters in world. Spotify is in realm of content moderation, like FB or Twitter. Spotify already removed Alex Jones episodes https://www.vice.com/...

• @jason_koebler Jason Koebler on x

  In an internal all-hands, Spotify CEO says the company has had at least 10 meetings about the content of Joe Rogan's podcasts with concerned employees. Company is still leaving blatantly transphobic episodes up https://www.vice.com/...