Spotify publicly posts content policy as Rogan responds

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Spotify publicly posted its platform policies for the first time on Sunday following artists' outrage over COVID-related episodes of Joe Rogan's podcast.

The policies, which previously weren't known to the public, offer podcasters and musicians wide latitude over what they can stream on Spotify. They're similar to the approaches used by other platforms. Spotify does not allow hatred and incitement of violence, deception, graphic depictions of violence, sexually explicit material, and illegal content. The streaming service also says it forbids content that promotes dangerous false or dangerous deceptive medical information that may cause offline harm or poses a direct threat to public health."

"These are rules of the road to guide all of our creators-from those we work with exclusively to those whose work is shared across multiple platforms," CEO Daniel Ek said in a blog post.

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