'There's some real self-examination to be doing beyond Joe,' he said. The streaming site also has to decide whether offensive words are allowable elsewhere on its app, where songs with racist, homophobic and anti-immigrant messages are available, said John Wihbey, a Northeastern University professor and specialist in emerging technologies.

He has the right to say what he wants,' that continues on the line where there is this implicit support to say racist things on these platforms,' she said in an interview before Mr Ek's letter. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel.'If Spotify says, 'We can't drop him.

Graham Nash, Neil Young, and Joni Mitchell are some of these celebrities.įor the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on Twitter, Facebook, and Google News. Recently, many musicians have also had their songs removed from Spotify in protest of Rogan’s content. In a message posted on her personal website, Brown elaborated on her decision and called on Spotify to “have a transparent misinformation policy (made available to the public) that balances addressing the complex misinformation issues we face today while respecting free speech” that was applied across the platform. Roxane’s departure comes after India Arie, a musician and podcaster said she would be pulling her podcast ‘SongVersation’ from Spotify in protest of Joe Rogan’s comments on his podcast that it would be “weird” to call Black people “black” unless they were “100 percent African, from the darkest place, where they’re not wearing any clothes all day.”Īs for other podcasters, Brene Brown, who has two exclusive podcasts with Spotify, announced last week that she would be pausing the release of any future episodes of ‘Unlocking Us’ and ‘Dare to Lead’. She added, “That’s all there really is to say about that.

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