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Aren't there mass murderers who give interviews and rapists who receive paychecks from true crime documentaries, and all manner of violent and crazy people bein
by throwawayay02 6y ago
Aren't there mass murderers who give interviews and rapists who receive paychecks from true crime documentaries, and all manner of violent and crazy people being invited to radio talk shows, and still of course a great part of modern music being about raping, illegal drugs and murder.
Why would you expect Spotify to be this child-safe website?
- Barrin92 6y agoI haven't seen a true crime show yet that gives murderers a platform to advocate for murder, that's not the context those shows operate in, the same goes for art. But the families of the Sandy Hook children faced harassment after Jones spewed his crap, and his talk against vaccines and masks on Rogan, who has 190 million downloads per month, is going to make misinformation worse, make public health worse, and cost lives. This is not a joke or some bad rap lyrics. These conspiracies threaten people's safety from the virus and from him riling up extremists. I'm not paying a company that enables this.
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- e9 6y agoWhere do you draw the line? What about music that encourages misogyny, prostitution and violence? Should this also be banned from Spotify? Or is that ok? Who decides?
- Barrin92 6y agoI draw the line with Spotify's own content policy (https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-05-10/spotify-announces-new-hate-content-and-hateful-conduct-public-policy/ https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-05-10/spotify-announces-ne...) that states: "However, we do not tolerate hate content on Spotify – content that expressly and principally promotes, advocates, or incites hatred or violence against a group or individual based on characteristics, including, race, religion, gender identity, sex, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability." Given that Jones own InfoWars podcast is already banned on the platform, I think where the line is, is pretty clear.
- Google234 6y agoWouldn’t a large percentage of rap songs, e.g. eninem fail this test. You can find some very hateful lyrics
- ttt0 6y agoA person is not content. Alex Jones is not InfoWars podcast. I haven't listened to the podcast in question, because why would I, but if you think that it does violate these rules, you should prove it.
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- gwilikers 6y agoI think the framing is different. I hope folks aren't listening to true crime podcasts thinking "this murderer's making some good points".