In a letter sent to Spotify staff, Ek said that while he “strongly condemn” Rogan’s past use of the slur, he “ not believe that silencing Joe is the answer” and that “canceling voices is a slippery slope”.
Spotify pulled some 70 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience as a result, reportedly at Rogan’s request. Shortly after the controversy surrounding misinformation on The Joe Rogan Experience, footage emerged of Rogan repeatedly using the n-word on the podcast. As of Wednesday morning, the tweet generated nearly 4,000. I’m going to do my best in the future to balance things out,” he continued. If you support a boycott of Spotify until they drop Joe Rogan’s podcast please retweet and follow us the group wrote. Rogan responded to the boycott himself in a video on his Instagram page, telling fans: “I will do my best to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people’s perspectives so we can maybe find a better point of view.” In response to the controversy, CEO Daniel Ek announced that Spotify would be adding content advisories to podcast episodes discussing vaccines, directing listeners to the platform’s dedicated COVID-19 information hub.
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