Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said “we have a critical role to play in supporting creator expression while balancing it with the safety of our users”. Weeks later, Spotify responded with new podcast rules and a content advisory to be added to any show that discusses Covid-19. In early January, more than 270 scientists and medical professionals called on Spotify to crack down on misinformation following an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience in which the podcaster spoke to virologist Robert Malone, whose credibility has been questioned for promoting anti-vaccine theories and comparing pandemic policies to the Holocaust. Rogan has been the subject of a divisive freedom of speech debate in recent weeks after some of his guests were accused of spreading Covid-19 misinformation on the show, which is Spotify’s most popular podcast.

The Joe Rogan Experience signed an exclusive deal with Spotify in May 2020, which was reportedly worth $200m according to a recent New York Times report. However, it is not clear why Joe Rogan’s podcast disappeared again yesterday.

Other Spotify exclusive podcasts from The Ringer, Gimlet and Parcast were also down. On Friday (18 February), Spotify shares plunged 5pc after the controversial podcast was briefly inaccessible for the first time, Reuters reported.Ī Spotify spokesperson told Rolling Stone on Friday that the blip was the result of “a technical issue affecting a number of our shows”. It is back online at the time of writing this article. While Spotify said that Friday’s blip was a technical error, it is not clear why the podcast disappeared for a second time yesterday.įor the second time in the space of a week, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast was found to be missing from streaming platform Spotify yesterday (21 February), according to multiple media reports.

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