Joe Rogan, Spotify's biggest podcast star, has left the platform in an awkward position after conducting a lengthy interview with Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist banned by Swedish streaming company for producing "hate content".
Jones used his appearance on the Spotify-funded programme, which has millions of loyal listeners, to raise concerns about the safety of vaccines just two years after his own show was bannedby the platform after he helped spread conspiracy theories around events such as the 9/11 attacks and Sandy Hook school shooting.
Jones, who has since been banned from all major tech platforms, appeared delighted to be allowed back on a relatively mainstream outlet, telling Rogan: "You got a huge audience, we can really change the world right now."
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technol...sts-alex-jones-on-spotify-podcast-despite-ban
...and yet some people are still defending Rogan.