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Spotify does nothing as Joe Rogan peddles vaccine misinformation


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After Baylor microbiology professor and public health advocate Peter Hotez, MD Ph.D. tweeted out a Motherboard article about Spotify’s lack of moderation of Joe Rogan’s misinformation after a podcast episode with guest Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Rogan challenged him to debate Robert F Kennedy, Jr, proposing a $100,000 donation to a charity of Hotez’s choosing if he agreed.

In the episode, Rogan and Kennedy hit all the pandemic classics: conspiracy theories about vaccines, 5G and Wi-Fi technology, and ivermectin. All common tropes of covid pandemic conspiracy theories.

Twitter’s owner Elon Musk joined the Twitter fray, accusing Hotez of “hating charity” by not accepting the debate, and after hours of Elon and Rogan stans taunting Hotez, the…

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By: Wes Davis
Title: Spotify does nothing as Joe Rogan peddles vaccine misinformation
Sourced From: www.theverge.com/2023/6/18/23765217/joe-rogan-spotify-covid-vaccine-debate-elon-musk
Published Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:17:26 +0000

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