The leaked internal messages show that the company decided to keep airing Joe Rogan's show even though it has come under fire for promoting COVID-19 misinformation.
The head of global communications and public relations at Spotify broached the subject with concerned employees in an internal Slack channel.
The company reviewed multiple episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience but decided they didn't meet the threshold for removal, according to a leaked message from the company's CEO.
The policies are applied consistently and objectively. It does not mean that I agree with the content. I trust our policies and rationale.
The internal content guidelines for healthcare were published by The Verge. They prohibit behavior such as denying that COVID-19 exists, suggesting that mask-wearing causes life-threatening physical harm, and suggesting that vaccines are designed to cause death, according to the news site.
The policies are not being shared quickly enough, and they are working to address that as soon as possible.
Neil Young demanded that Spotify remove his music from its platform because it was spreading fake information about vaccines. Not both.
Young's music catalog will be removed from the platform.
The company told The Wall Street Journal that it regretted Neil's decision to remove his music from the service. With that comes a lot of responsibility in balancing safety and freedom.
Mitchell announced Friday that she will be pulling her music from the streaming service.
270 scientists, healthcare workers, and educators signed an open letter calling on Spotify to stop the spread of misinformation after Rogan interviewed a doctor who baselessly claimed Americans were hypnotized.
A request for comment was not immediately responded to.
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