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Joe Rogan, COVID misinformation & Spotify’s $100m dilemma | The Listening Post

Al Jazeera, 05 Feb 2022
A new front has opened up in the battle over content moderation, turning our attention from Facebook and Twitter to the land of podcasts.

Contributors:
Zaid Jilani - Writer, Inquire
Kat Rosenfield - Co-host, "Feminine Chaos" & culture writer
Joshua Dudley - Media and entertainment writer, Forbes and co-Host, "Let's Yell About Movies!"
Jessica Malaty Rivera - Epidemiologist and science communicator

On our radar:
One year after the military coup in Myanmar, Johanna Hoes explains how journalists there are still paying the price.

Hashtag Battles in Ethiopia:
For 15 months now, the conflict in Ethiopia has been fought under a near-total media blackout. Nicholas Muirhead looks at the online activism filling the information void.

Contributors:
Claire Wilmot - Doctoral researcher, London School of Economics
Abebe Gellaw - Journalist
Meaza Gidey Gebremedhin - Tigrayan activist

00:00 Intro
01:57 Spotify's Joe Rogan dilemma
11:18 Journalists in Myanmar
13:20 Hashtag battles in Ethiopia
23:24 End note
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