Joe Rogan and Elon Musk push for ‘debate’ as Spotify’s Covid moderation spotlighted

After Baylor microbiology professor and public health advocate Peter Hotez, M.D. Ph.D. Tweeted A motherboard Joe Rogan’s misinformation article, article about Spotify’s lack of restraint on Rogan challenged him Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Rogan also proposed donating $100,000 to a charity of Hotez’s choosing for the debate.

Twitter owner Elon Musk joined the fray, accusing Hotez of “hate charity” by not accepting the debate, and taunting Professor Hotez hours later from Elon and Rogan. Tweeted“I just got chased out in front of my house by some antivaxxers who were taunting me for debating RFKJr.”

This adds a troubling new dynamic to this story, especially in the context of motherboard The story that started it touches on Spotify’s contradictions in allowing Rogan’s misinformation to persist on the platform. In the article, a spokesperson for Spotify is quoted as saying that because Rogan and Kennedy never said there were Covid vaccines Design As for killing people, the episode was not a violation of the rules.

Spotify signed a $100 million deal with Rogan three years ago, and instituted a new set of misinformation policies after several high-profile stars removed their music from the platform in protest of Rogan’s vaccine claims , previously unheard of by Spotify.

Despite policies, conspiracies highlighted Joe Rogan Experience Can go viral as social media spreads the claim. To date, according to JREmissing, a site that tracks deleted podcast episodes, 111 episodes have been removed,

Since Hotez’s original tweet, Rogan Tweeted And gone criticisms and indictments about Hotez—who have been a guest on the podcast in the past—a few times over the next several hours before Hotez’s tweet about being stalked.

We’ve reached out to Spotify for comment on the story and will update if we receive a response.