Spotify Is Defending Alex Jones' Appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience”

Re:Spotify Is Defending Alex Jones' Appearance on “The Joe R... by Barrin92 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @05:55PM (#24924554)

I haven't seen a true crime show yet that gives murderers a platform to advocate for murder, that's not the context those shows operate in, the same goes for art.

But the families of the Sandy Hook children faced harassment after Jones spewed his crap, and his talk against vaccines and masks on Rogan, who has 190 million downloads per month, is going to make misinformation worse, make public health worse, and cost lives. This is not a joke or some bad rap lyrics. These conspiracies threaten people's safety from the virus and from him riling up extremists. I'm not paying a company that enables this.

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Re:Spotify Is Defending Alex Jones' Appearance on “The Joe R... by e9 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:14PM (#24925255)

Where do you draw the line? What about music that encourages misogyny, prostitution and violence? Should this also be banned from Spotify? Or is that ok? Who decides?

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Re:Spotify Is Defending Alex Jones' Appearance on “The Joe R... by Barrin92 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:40PM (#24925442)

I draw the line with Spotify's own content policy (https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-05-10/spotify-announces-ne...) that states:

"However, we do not tolerate hate content on Spotify – content that expressly and principally promotes, advocates, or incites hatred or violence against a group or individual based on characteristics, including, race, religion, gender identity, sex, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability."

Given that Jones own InfoWars podcast is already banned on the platform, I think where the line is, is pretty clear.

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Re:Spotify Is Defending Alex Jones' Appearance on “The Joe R... by Google234 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @08:16PM (#24925696)

Wouldn’t a large percentage of rap songs, e.g. eninem fail this test. You can find some very hateful lyrics

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Re:Spotify Is Defending Alex Jones' Appearance on “The Joe R... by ttt0 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:47PM (#24925499)

A person is not content. Alex Jones is not InfoWars podcast. I haven't listened to the podcast in question, because why would I, but if you think that it does violate these rules, you should prove it.

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