{"id":28000,"date":"2020-10-29T13:14:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T13:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=28000"},"modified":"2020-10-29T13:14:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T13:14:12","slug":"joe-rogan-and-spotify-face-scrutiny-after-featuring-alex-jones-on-jre-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/joe-rogan-and-spotify-face-scrutiny-after-featuring-alex-jones-on-jre-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan and Spotify face scrutiny after featuring Alex Jones on JRE podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After banning The Alex Jones Show from Spotify Podcasts, Spotify face backlash after Alex Jones featured once again on The Joe Rogan Experience.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest podcasts in the world, The Joe Rogan Experience sold exclusive distribution right to Spotify earlier this year for a reported $100 million.<\/a> While this gives Spotify exclusive rights to the podcast, when the deal was announced it was made clear creative control would remain fully with Joe Rogan and his team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the podcast moved its content onto Spotify, there was criticism to what seemed to be episodes featuring controversial figures missing, with many blaming Spotify of censorship. As a result many believed Spotify would have final say in Joe Rogan inviting controversial figures onto the show. However one of the most recent episodes seems to show this to be untrue, after The Joe Rogan Experience featured conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.<\/a> This marks the third time Alex Jones has been on the podcast, but the first since the Spotify deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years ago, The Alex Jones Show was kicked off Spotify Podcasts for repeated violations of Spotify’s prohibited content policies and “hate content”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the public tend to fall on one side or the other after this episode was published online. Either celebrating free speech or critizing Joe Rogan and Spotify for giving a voice to such a controversial figure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congrats on paying 100 million dollars for the privilege of platforming a man who terrorized Sandy Hook parents, @Spotify<\/a>.

Parents like @Nelba_MG<\/a> will never forget what he did to them and you should never be able to forget having done this.

This isn\u2019t edgy. It\u2019s disgusting. https:\/\/t.co\/myoG1h1kJZ<\/a><\/p>— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) October 28, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>