The company started the fund in response to the artist-led outrage against Joe Rogan for allegedly facilitating the dissemination of COVID-19 vaccination misinformation through his podcast, which is only available on Spotify. While that served as the impetus, detractors also cited Rogan’s use of racist and transphobic words. Spotify has defended signing Rogan in 2020 on numerous occasions, but has since removed some of the episodes that contained offensive language. Its agreement with the podcaster is said to be for 3.5 years and be valued at least $200 million.
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