In May 2020 when the pandemic was still in its infancy Spotify paid over 100000000 to become the exclusive platform of mixed martial arts commentator Joe. 10 hours agoAfter a public outcry about Rogans racism Spotify removed 71 episodes of Rogans podcast The Joe Rogan Experience including episodes where the host talked about. Unpacking The Spotify Mutiny What On Earth Is Going On With Neil Young And Joe Rogan Music Felix Online Floyd Simon Kamar and Chico. We apologize for the error.This isnt the first time The Joe Rogan Experience has dragged Spotify into a shit-storm over free speech misinformation and controversial content on the platform and it. Update 02/05/22 8:40PM ET: We corrected the number of episodes removed and clarified that some weren't part of the current deletions. There hasn't been any direct confirmation that they were removed due to racist language. Engadget has reached out to Spotify for more information as to why the aforementioned episodes were pulled. "Whenever you're in a situation where you have to say 'I'm not racist,' you fucked up," he explained. Rogan said he's not racist but acknowledges you should never use racist language, no matter the context. Update 12:05PM ET: Early this morning, Joe Rogan apologized for "a lot of shit from the old episodes of the podcast that I wish I hadn't said, or had said differently." He directly addressed a compilation of clips from his show where he's using racist language. As for Rogan, he apologized for the backlash and said he'll do his "best to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints." The company's CEO admitted that its content policy should've been public before now when he reported Spotify's earnings for the fourth quarter of 2021. Robert Malone, who claimed that people only believe COVID-19 vaccines are effective due to "mass formation psychosis." That episode is still available.
They take the most issue with one specific episode in particular: Episode #1757 with guest Dr. An open letter addressed to the host from doctors and scientists pointed out that he had made several misleading claims about the virus in the past and promoted the use of ivermectin to treat it. Several artists have exited Spotify recently because of Rogan's COVID-19-related episodes. However, the newly deleted episodes don't seem to be connected with the COVID-19 controversy surrounding the show and the service right now.
Based on the website dedicated to monitoring which of the show's episodes aren't available on the service, those were removed on February 4th, in addition to the 40 deleted some time ago. As first noticed by Gizmodo, around 70 episodes have recently disappeared from the platform. Spotify has been removing Joe Rogan Experience ( JRE) episodes since Friday, and as of this writing, the service has pulled down a total of 113.
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