
The news comes days after another controversy emerged around another form of spoken-word content on Spotify: comedy recordings. Spotify took down the shows after being notified of their content. But we found podcasts totalling several days’ worth of listening promoting extreme views such as scientific racism, Holocaust denial and far-right antisemitic conspiracy theories,” explained Sky. “The company said it does not allow hate content on its platform. It has just removed nearly 150 hours of podcasts from its service, after an investigation by Sky News in the UK found antisemitism, racism and white supremacy content in the shows.

Taking on radio to become the future of audio comes with plenty of pitfalls, as Spotify is finding out.
