This is a private company exercising its right. “Following their acquisition of The Joe Rogan Experience, Spotify culled from its archive certain episodes. “Media platforms have a responsibility because of their reach and their authority,” said Jonathan Jarry, a biological scientist at McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, and another Canadian signee of the petition. “People deserve to receive their COVID-19 and vaccine information from trusted sources that obtain their information from the scientific consensus and recognized experts in their fields-not fringe experts and conspiracy theorists,” he adds. “They do real damage and endanger public health.” “We know that health misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19 are rampant,” said Stea. The journal later retracted the study saying, “they found that the article contained several errors that fundamentally affect the interpretation of the findings.” In July 2021, he, along with Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati, repeatedly shared a paper titled “The Safety of Covid-19 vaccinations - we should rethink the policy”, questioning the “risk/benefit ratio” of a COVID-19 vaccine. Malone still shared the study in a tweet, alleging that he personally used the medication to treat COVID-19. The study was pulled eight months later due to ethical concerns. In November 2020, a pre-peer reviewed study was submitted to a scientific journal claiming that in a randomized control trial of nearly 600 people, hospitalized COVID-19 patients who “received ivermectin early reported substantial recovery.” Ivermectin is used to treat infections caused by parasitic worms. Malone has previously been accused of using mass media platforms to spread false studies that were later debunked. “If the pandemic has had any silver lining, it’s that it has highlighted the dangers of tolerating a culture that allows pseudoscience to remain unchecked.” “Celebrities have a large platform from which they can amplify misinformation,” says clinical psychologist and University of Calgary adjunct assistant professor Dr. Unlike other media giants, Spotify does not have a misinformation policy, though the platform still “has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation”, the letter states. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The streaming service Spotify would like us to believe it is grappling with profound matters of free speech and censorship as it faces mounting pressure over repeated Covid disinformation from its. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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