音频流媒体巨头 Spotify 周日表示，它将在任何提及 Covid-19 的材料中添加内容咨询，并将其用户引导至公共卫生网站以获取更多信息。
尽管人们担心它正在传播 Covid 错误信息，但 Spotify 决定继续播放流行的播客“The Joe Rogan Experience”而面临强烈反对。主持人乔·罗根（Joe Rogan）采访了传染病专家罗伯特·马龙（Robert Malone）博士，他在反疫苗的美国人中广为人知。马龙已被禁止使用推特。
周六，摇滚名人堂成员和布鲁斯斯普林斯汀 E 街乐队的成员吉他手 Nils Lofgren 成为最新一位从 Spotify 中提取歌曲的音乐家，以抗议带有 Rogan 播客的流媒体服务。
Spotify 首席执行官 Daniel Ek 在其网站上发表的声明称，流媒体服务包括具有不同观点的创作者，包括“我强烈反对 Spotify 的个人和观点”。他没有提到罗根的名字。
“我们知道我们在支持创作者表达同时平衡它与我们用户的安全方面发挥着关键作用，”Ek 说。 “在这个角色中，对我来说重要的是，我们不承担内容审查员的立场，同时还要确保有规则到位，并对违反规则的人承担后果。”
Ek 表示，该公司计划在任何提到 Covid-19 的播客节目中添加内容咨询。他说，它将引导听众进入公共卫生专家、科学家和医生的信息中心。他还发布了平台的规则。
Neil Young 开始抵制 Spotify，坚持要求公司删除他的音乐。 Joni Mitchell 周五表示，她将加入抗议活动，并让她的音乐也被取消。
“不负责任的人正在散布谎言，让人们付出生命的代价，”米切尔周五在她的网站上发布的一条消息中说。 “在这个问题上，我与 Neil Young 以及全球科学和医学界站在一起。”
在周六的一份声明中，洛夫格伦敦促其他人与“数百名医疗保健专业人士、科学家、医生和护士站在一起，呼吁 Spotify 宣传伤害和杀人的谎言和错误信息。”
Lofgren 说他过去 27 年的音乐已经从 Spotify 下架，他正在与唱片公司合作删除早期的歌曲。
畅销书作家布伦·布朗周六在推特上表示，她“在另行通知之前不会发布任何播客”。她是流行播客“Unlocking Us”和“Dare to Lead”的幕后推手。
CNBC 无法立即联系布朗就该决定发表评论。
据路透社周日报道，另外，哈里王子和他的妻子梅根已经向 Spotify 表达了对 Covid 错误信息的担忧，但表示他们将继续与该公司合作。该报告引用了这对夫妇的基金会 Archewell 的发言人。这对夫妇于 2020 年与 Spotify 签署了独家流媒体协议。
Spotify 的股价周五收于 172.98 美元，上涨约 1%。今年到目前为止，股价已下跌约 26%。由于市场动荡和 Spotify 的争议，该公司股价周五触及 52 周低点 164.41 美元。
Spotify to add content advisory when podcasts mention Covid as more musicians yank songs from platform
Audio streaming giant Spotify said Sunday it will add content advisories to any material mentioning Covid-19, and direct its users to public health sites for more information.
Spotify is facing backlash for its decision to continue to air the popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” despite concerns that it is spreading Covid misinformation. Host Joe Rogan interviewed Dr. Robert Malone, an infectious disease specialist who has become well-known among anti-vaccine Americans. Malone has been banned from Twitter.
On Saturday, guitarist Nils Lofgren, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, became the latest musician to pull songs from Spotify to protest the streaming service carrying Rogan's podcast.
Posted to its website, the statement from Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said that the streaming service includes creators with diverse opinions, including those “of individuals and views on Spotify that I disagree with strongly.” He did not mention Rogan by name.
“We know we have a critical role to play in supporting creator expression while balancing it with the safety of our users,” Ek said. “In that role, it is important to me that we don't take on the position of being content censor while also making sure that there are rules in place and consequences for those who violate them.”
Ek said the company plans to add a content advisory on any podcast episode that mentions Covid-19. It will direct listeners to a hub of information from public health experts, scientists and physicians, he said. He also published the platform's rules.
Neil Young began the boycott of Spotify, insisting that the company remove his music. Joni Mitchell said Friday that she would join the protest and get her music pulled as well.
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell said Friday in a message posted on her website. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”
In a statement on Saturday, Lofgren urged others to stand with “hundreds of health care professionals, scientists, doctors and nurses in calling out Spotify for promoting lies and misinformation that are hurting and killing people.”
Lofgren said the last 27 years of his music has already been taken off Spotify and he is working with music labels to get the earlier songs removed.
Best-selling author Brene Brown said Saturday on Twitter that she would “not be releasing any podcasts until further notice.” She's behind the popular podcasts “Unlocking Us” and “Dare to Lead.”
CNBC could not immediately reach Brown for comment about the decision.
Separately, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have expressed concerns to Spotify over Covid misinformation, but said they will continue to work with the company, according to a Reuters report on Sunday. The report cited a spokesperson for Archewell, the couple's foundation. The couple signed an exclusive streaming deal with Spotify in 2020.
Spotify's shares closed Friday at $172.98, up about 1%. Shares have fallen about 26% so far this year. The company's stock hit a 52-week low of $164.41 on Friday amid market turbulence and the Spotify controversy.
