Spotify announced Sunday that it will add a content advisory to any podcast episode that discusses COVID-19 amid complaints that it was allowing misinformation to spread on its platform.
The streaming-music service said the advisory will direct listeners to its COVID-19 hub which will provide access to data-driven facts, links to resources and information from trusted scientists and doctors.
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"To our knowledge, this content advisory is the first of its kind by a major podcast platform," Spotify said in a news release.
The rollout will begin in countries around the world in the next few days.
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Evan Greer, the artist behind the song "Surveillance Capitalism," is calling on Spotify not to use a technology the app developer has patented - that would allow the app to use your recorded conversations to recommend songs and ads to you. In a statement to LX News, Spotify says it may not use the technology.
