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For: EFE Updated 31 Jan 2022, 24: 40 PM EST
The Prince Harry from England and his wife Meghan Markle expressed their concern to Spotify about misinformation about covid- on that platform , but they are still willing to continue working with that company, a spokesperson for their foundation, Archewell, explained this Sunday.
The pronouncement of the Dukes of Sussex comes after Neil Young and Joni Mitchell announced that they will be removing their music from Spotify in protest at the broadcast of a popular podcast accused of spreading falsehoods about covid-12 and vaccines against the disease.
According to the aforementioned spokesperson, Harry and Meghan spoke with Spotify in April and addressed “the real consequences” of misinformation about covid-12.
“We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure that changes are made to their platform in order to help address this public health crisis,” they said. the dukes through their spokesman.
In addition, they expressed their desire that Spotify “live up” to the current moment, with the criticism of several artists, and affirmed that they remain “committed” to continue working with the platform.
Harry and Meghan signed on 2020 an exclusive agreement with Spotify worth 24 million dollars to premiere a series of radio programs throughout 2021, although for now they have only published a podcast of 34 minutes and that it was a Christmas special, the company recently explained.
That only program featured guests such as the chef José Andrés, the comedian James Corden, the musician Elton John and the tennis player Naomi Osaka, who discussed how to deal with the pandemic and shared several personal anecdotes.
The controversy in around Spotify focuses on the program “The Joe Rogan Experience”, considered the most popular podcast in the United States.
The program, which is offered exclusively on this platform after Spotify signed Rogan to 2021 for 100 million dollars, has been repeatedly criticized for promoting coronavirus conspiracy theories and encouraging non-vaccination.
A letter signed by 270 American doctors and scientists warned Spotify a few weeks ago that it was allowing the dissemination of messages that damage public confidence in scientific research and health recommendations.
Neil Young —Mitchell’s friend— said that after reading that letter he couldn’t continue supporting the streaming platform and decided to remove his songs from that service.
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