Spotify announces measures against disinformation on COVVID |LFM Radio

Spotify will take steps to combat disinformation on the COVVI-19 on its platform, the Swedish Music Music giant announced Sunday.A boycott movement was launched by the legend of folk-rock Neil Young.

The world number one of the musical streaming will in particular introduce links in all the podcasts evoking the COVVI-19, guiding its users to factual and scientifically sourced information, announced its director and founder Daniel EK in a press release.

"Based on the feedback that we have been in recent weeks, it has become clear to me that we had an obligation to do more to provide balance and give access to largely accepted information from medical and scientific communities," saiddeclared the Swedish billionaire in a press release.

"This new effort to fight disinformation will be launched in countries around the world in the coming days.To our knowledge, these advice on content is a first for a major platform of podcasts, "he said.

No sanctions mentioned

Spotify also made public its rules of use on Sunday and claims to "test ways" to report more to the creators of podcasts "which is acceptable", without openly evoking sanctions measures.

This announcement follows a growing controversy initiated by the American-Canadian singer Neil Young, who announced this week the withdrawal of her music from the Swedish platform, if she did not give up hosting the controversial but very listened to the American animator JoeRogan.

The latter is accused of having discouraged vaccination in young people and of having pushed to the use of unauthorized treatment, the ivermectin, against the coronavirus.An online movement of unsubscribe of the platform had been launched on social networks.Country singer Joni Mitchell had in turn announced Friday her withdrawal from Spotify.

The controversy had also raised the debate of the new responsibilities of the streaming platforms on disinformation, like measures taken by social networks like Facebook in recent years.

This article was published automatically.Sources: ATS / AFP