Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have called out Spotify for allowing ‘Covid misinformation’ to be spread on its platform.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have weighed into the mounting controversy surrounding the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and its false claims about the Covid vaccine.
Musician Neil Young has removed his entire catalogue from the streaming service while other stars have spoken out against the lack of action taken against the misinformation on its platform.
Now in their own statement released through their Archewell Foundation, Meghan and Harry said: ‘Since the inception of Archewell, we have worked to address the real-time global misinformation crisis.
‘Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the serious harms of mis- and disinformation every day.
‘Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of Covid misinformation on its platform.’
The couple continued: ‘We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis.
‘We look to Spotify to meet this moment and are committed to continuing our work together as it does.’
The statement comes a week after it emerged Spotify had Meghan and Harry’s podcast into its own hands as the pair have not produced any content for it.
The streaming giant was said to be recruiting in-house staff to work with Harry and Meghan’s Archewell audio, for a podcast that features ‘the voices of high profile women,’ according to The Sun.
The couple previously made an £18million deal with Spotify.
A source said: ‘Spotify has been waiting a long time for some content from Harry and Meghan and now it appears they have finally taken matters into their own hands.
‘Hiring a raft of in-house talent on Spotify’s side will ensure they finally squeeze something out of them.’
In December 2020, Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, produced a ‘holiday special’ podcast episode, featuring celebrity pals including Sir Elton John and James Corden.
But, following the 37-minute special, no further episodes materialised.
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