Spotify Exec Reflects on Company’s Experience With Joe Rogan Controversy
Spotify’s Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff reflected on the company’s experience with the Joe Rogan controversy, saying it was a “real learning experience.” During the Interactive Advertising Bureau annual conference…
Spotify’s Chief Content Officer Dawn Ostroff reflected on the company’s experience with the Joe Rogan controversy, saying it was a “real learning experience.”
During the Interactive Advertising Bureau annual conference in New York Wednesday, Ostroff said, “We do feel that we have a responsibility to support creator expression, but also balance that creator expression with safety for our users and for our advertisers.”
Ostroff acknowledged “the dilemma of moderation versus censorship” remains a big challenge for technology companies and called on advertisers to help the company improve, as Fox News reported.
“We really want to be able to be good partners,” Ostroff said.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek penned a letter to the company’s employees apologizing for “the way The Joe Rogan Experience controversy continues to impact each of you,” as IJR reported.
Still, Ek said he does not believe silencing Rogan “is the answer.”
Rumble expressed its support for Rogan, offering him a deal to leave Spotify and come join the platform.