Including conversations with Alex Jones - Jones’ own podcast was removed from Spotify for “hate content”- Gavin McInnes, Chuck Johnson and Milo Yiannopoulos.Īs it stands, Joe Rogan will maintain complete creative control over JRE under the exclusive Spotify agreement.Īs Spotify orbits towards the podcasting realm, it is faced with pressure to moderate its hosted content in a way typically associated with social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. When The Joe Rogan Experience initially hit Spotify at the beginning of September, a bunch of controversial episodes were notably missing. It just means we made a different judgment call.” The fact that we aren’t changing our position doesn’t mean we aren’t listening.
“And Joe Rogan and the episode in question have been reviewed extensively. “Others have concerns specifically over a recent episode,” Ek continued. “And some of them want Rogan removed because of things he’s said in the past.” “In the case of Joe Rogan, a total of 10 meetings have been held with various groups and individuals to hear their respective concerns,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said. In an episode released last week, Rogan found him in hot water after suggesting that Caitlyn Jenner’s transition was a result of living with “crazy bitches” in the Kardashian household. During her appearance on the podcast, Shrier associates transness with autism, and both Shrier and Rogan discuss their theory that YouTube and social media are influencing young people to transition.
The concerns relate to an episode uploaded earlier this year, that saw Rogan interview author Abigail Shrier, author of the largely-baseless, widely-criticised Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.
What is your message to those employees?” one employee raised. “Many LGBTQAI+/ally Spotifiers feel unwelcome and alienated because of leadership’s response in JRE conversations.
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