But experts have been clear that the emergence of the new technology-and increased interest around it-will likely add to concerns around moderation rather than tamp them down. No one is sure what the metaverse will look. Zuckerberg has mostly stuck to his beliefs, even as it has meant a recent plummet in stock price, declining growth at Facebook and jettisoning the Facebook brand last year to rebrand his company around plans for a new social network based around virtual reality, the metaverse. Holocaust denialism, for example, is now banned, a change from a few years ago but only an incremental change-as most such moderation shifts have been at Facebook. Over those years, Facebook and Instagram have taken some steps to curb toxic content. Since the 2016 presidential election, Zuckerberg has sung the same tune that Ek and Armstrong have now picked up. What’s most striking about Ek and Armstrong’s willingness to take this stand on content moderation: doing so hasn’t gone particularly great for Zuckerberg.
Whether that freedom of expression involves a podcast or an NFT. As such, both men would argue it’s not their job to police speech on their apps.
Fundamentally, it’s the same argument Armstrong makes about Coinbase. Plenty of people have argued the exclusivity makes Spotify Rogan’s publisher, and as a result, Spotify should act more like a traditional publisher would in dealing with Rogan.Įk doesn’t buy this and maintains Spotify is a platform, which lets him argue that the company doesn’t control any of the people publishing on its site, including Rogan. The exclusivity makes Rogan’s relationship with Spotify is different than the ones the app has had with most artists placing content on its platform, who are free to post it elsewhere, too. But he is a prize asset for the company, one reportedly costing it $100 million, the amount Spotify pays as his show’s exclusive distributor. Over the last few weeks, criticism for his remarks about covid and use of the N-Word have mounted, prompting calls for Spotify to cut ties with him. But like Coinbase, its expansive attitude has pushed it to contend with one now. Like Coinbase, Spotify had largely avoided any content moderation controversies.
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