"They need to settle up with Rogan, let him go to a home that will be consistent with who he is. The artists make Spotify," Professor Gordon said. Rogan stands in contrast to the much more liberal musicians who generate the bulk of Spotify's profits, he said. The bottom-line question should be pretty simple for Spotify, said Erik Gordon, a University of Michigan business and law professor. "This is a big moment of reckoning for entertainment and streaming platforms to see where the window is, what's over the line." "There's some real self-examination to be doing beyond Joe," he said. The streaming site also has to decide whether offensive words are allowable elsewhere on its app, where songs with racist, homophobic and anti-immigrant messages are available, said John Wihbey, a Northeastern University professor and specialist in emerging technologies. He has the right to say what he wants,' that continues on the line where there is this implicit support to say racist things on these platforms," she said in an interview before Mr Ek's letter. While Spotify has managed to avoid the same level of scrutiny as fellow tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter for years, the firestorm of controversy surrounding Rogan has put the streaming giant at the center of a renewed public debate over the platform companies give to characters like Rogan."If Spotify says, 'We can't drop him. Rogan also promised to add more guests with "differing opinions." Spotify previously responded to backlash over Rogan's COVID-19 misinformation last week by saying it will add a "content advisory" label to any podcast episode that includes a discussion about COVID-19 and directs listeners to its "COVID-19 Hub" for up-to-date information on the virus as shared by public health authorities. For anybody that doesn't realize how offensive that word can be coming out of a white person's mouth, in context or out of context."
"But I do hope that this can be a teachable moment. "I can't go back in time and change what I've said, I wish I could, obviously that's not possible," Rogan added. He added that he hasn't used the racial slur "in years" and "never used it to be racist," though he acknowledged that "I clearly have f- up." "Now I know that to most people, there's no context where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, never mind publicly on a podcast, and I agree with that," Rogan said.
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