Jan 13, 2022 11:07:00

'Spotify is spilling the hoax of the new Corona,' a total of 260 doctors and scientists released a letter of protest

Scientists, university professors, and medical experts from a wide range of fields such as immunology, epidemiology, and microbiology have jointly issued a public letter requesting Spotify to curb false information on new coronavirus infections and vaccines and take countermeasures. Did.

Signed medical personnel, in particular, have named Joe Rogan , a podcast host and comedian who broadcasts the show on Spotify, expressing concern about the misinformation and its influence.

An Open Letter to Spotify – An Open Letter to Spotify
https://spotifyopenletter.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/an-open-letter-to-spotify/

Scientists, Doctors Call on Spotify to Implement Misinformation Policy Over Claims on Joe Rogan Show
https://techpolicy.press/scientists-doctors-call-on-spotify-to-implement-misinformation-policy-over-claims-on-joe-rogan-show/

According to doctors who announced a public letter to Spotify this time, Mr. Logan's exclusive distribution podcast program 'Joe Rogan Experience (JRE)' opposes vaccination and becomes a new coronavirus infection. Misinformation has been repeatedly spread, such as recommending off-label use of ivermectin, which is known to be ineffective.

In addition, the program aired on December 31, 2021, featured virologist Robert Malone, who has long been criticized for the spread of hoaxes and has been frozen to his Twitter account, as a guest, making the pandemic policy Jewish. He developed his own conspiracy theory, such as claiming that the government is hypnotizing the people, by comparing it to the Holocaust , which is an extermination policy.

JRE broadcast by Mr. Logan is the world's largest podcast with an estimated number of listeners per episode of about 11 million, and its influence is also great. However, Spotify doesn't have a policy on misinformation, so it can't deal with the spread of hoaxes and is reluctant to deal with it.

The problem of misinformation being leaked on Spotify has often been pointed out in the past, but Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said, 'I would like to say that Spotify has 8 million creators. , We have hundreds of millions of contents. We already have a content policy and we try to remove works that violate it. ' I refused to take action. On the contrary, Ek even mentioned JRE as a successful example of Spotify at Spotify's financial results briefing.

In response to the current situation of Spotify, doctors said, 'Such large-scale misinformation raises public distrust of science and further exacerbates the situation in the medical field, which is reaching the limit of responding to pandemics. It's a catastrophic social issue, not a scientific or medical issue, and Spotify is responsible for infesting such activities. ' We requested Spotify to quickly establish measures to curb false information.