‘The Joe Rogan Experience’, presented by the famous comedian and actor Joe Rogan and described as the world’s most popular podcast with 11 million active listeners, has come to the fore for spreading false information about COVID-19. In fact, a group of more than 260 scientists sent an open letter to Spotify, where the program is located, warning that such content should not be allowed.
After that, the event escalated even more. Many famous names began to react harshly to Spotify and Rogan. Famous Canadian songwriter Neil Young was also involved in these discussions and announced that he did not want to be on the same platform with Joe Rogan. In fact, the famous rock band of the 90s, Belly, expressed their reactions by adding the text “Delete Spotify” to their home page on the platform. Now there has been an important development about this event.
More than 70 episodes have been removed from Spotify
In the past days, we have mentioned that Spotify is considering making a move on the subject after it has been flooded with criticism. The company also announced last month that it would add a warning to content that could potentially spread misinformation. CEO Daniel Ek also described the situation as “confused” and stated that they took the concerns of the medical and scientific communities into account.
Now, the news has shown that a step has been taken towards the famous podcast. According to the data of a deleted content tracking website, more than 70 episodes of Joe Rogan’s program have been removed from Spotify recently. However, it should be noted that this number is only a small part of the podcast, which consists of 1700 episodes in total.
Rogan also criticizes for his racist remarks
Although there was no explanation from Spotify or Joe Rogan about the removed episodes, news site Huffpost reported that these episodes included programs with far-right Milo Yiannopoulos and white nationalist Stefan Molyneux.
Finally, Joe Rogan was on the agenda with the racist expressions he used against black people in his old programs, as well as COVID disinformation. Although the famous podcast host said that he regretted this situation, the criticisms of him and Spotify continued to increase without slowing down.
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