Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes

Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by mercy_dude on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:25AM (#30221961)

The problem is not that private companies doing whatever they wish to do with his content. Spotify in normal times would have no incentives to delete those episodes. It seems the governments in US are enforcing censorship through private sector in the name of disinformation. I urge you to see the recent comments from White House press secy, congressional hearings and so on who insist private sector do more of the dirty work of censorship for them because they don’t like certain point of views. They know they can’t pass a bill that can stand the ground of taking out those contents without standing constitutional challenges.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by strofcon on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:48AM (#30222201)

I'm very confused as to how you think the government is involved with this issue. Is Neil Young a government official? Or is it empirically false to claim that Joe Rogan is actively peddling false information that is directly impacting people by way of, ya know, dying?

I think this is a simple example of the people with wallets using said wallets to indicate what they will and won't tolerate.

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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by istorical on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:08AM (#30222440)

"White House urges Spotify to take further action on Joe Rogan: ‘More can be done’"

"White House press secretary Jen Psaki called on music and podcast streaming giant Spotify to do “more” in the fight against Covid-19 misinformation on Tuesday.

At her daily press briefing, President Joe Biden’s top spokeswoman was asked about a decision by the company to add disclaimers linking to Covid-19 information hubs to any piece of content that includes discussion of the pandemic, vaccines, or Covid-19 itself. She responded that the change was a good step, but that the company could take steps (if it wanted) to actively prohibit content that contained misinformation that experts have warned is prolonging the pandemic and leading to more deaths."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

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