Spotify responds to controversy with COVID-19 podcast warnings

After facing criticism and mounting pressure to act on controversial episodes of the "Joe Rogan Experience", Spotify has finally responded by saying it will warn users listening to podcast episodes discussing COVID-19.

Following days of complaints about the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast's handling of COVID-19 misinformation, as well as the departure of some artists from the service over apparent inaction over content the service hosts, Spotify's response is to try and be more transparent about its policies.In a lengthy blog post, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek wrote on Sunday that users have asked a "lot of questions over the last few days about our platform policies and the lines we have drawn between what is acceptable and what is not." While the rules were allegedly in place for "many years," the service hasn't been "transparent" about the policies themselves.

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