after two stars withdrew their music from the streaming service in a row about a podcast. mark lobel has the details. following a chorus of disapproval from a following a chorus of disapprovalfrom a number following a chorus of disapproval from a number of musical styles, spotify has sought to clarify its stance on covid misinformation on its platform. your mainstreaming giant, which says it has removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to covid 19 since the start of the pandemic, is now publishing its platform rules for the first time. users will get a content advisory when podcast episodes contain covid 19 discussions and listeners will be directed to an up dated covid 19 hub, a guide to credible information about the pandemic to combat misinformation. the row erupted after a podcast hosted byjoe rogan, one of spotify s star
users will get a content advisory when podcast episodes contain covid 19 discussions and listeners will be directed to an updated covid 19 hub, a guide to credible information about the pandemic to combat misinformation. the row erupted after a podcast hosted byjoe rogan, one of spotify s star signings. he had dr robert malone, who was strongly anti vax, and especially anti vax for children. now, i think i lot of people are maybe on the fence about vaccinating their kids. i think a lot more people are thinking maybe they won t do that over adults getting the vaccine. so when this came out a few hundred health experts, scientists, wrote to spotify saying this is very dangerous, we want this to be removed, this is just not right. following that, spotify s other star podcasters, harry and meghan, issued a statement from their foundation, archewell.
let s bring in the panel. fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel. steve hilton. great to have you back. i want to start with the call for censorship, the backlash. the spotify had a statement that said we are working to add content advisor at any podcast episode that includes a discussion about covid-19. the advisory will direct listeners to the covid-19 hub. this effort will roll out to countries around the world in the coming days. they are not saying they going to cancel anyone. they say they want a free flow of ideas. looked, they are just trying to deal with the backlash from these ridiculous virtue signaling idiots who now use the term misinformation to describe any opinion that they don t agree with. when they express their concern about misinformation when they are really doing is calling for censorship. thank goodness spotify hasn t