He has been known to peddle conspiracies ranging from unproven anti-vaccination content to theories that the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting was staged. Jones' pages and profiles have been banned from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Apple's app store, mostly for hate speech.But the company says that Jones himself isn't banned from appearing on Rogan's podcast, as it has no editorial control over what Rogan creates.Critics argued that by allowing Jones to be interviewed by Rogan on Spotify's platform, Spotify is giving Jones a platform to spew misinformation.Ĭatch up quick: Spotify already banned some of Jones' podcasts from its platform for violating its rules on hate speech.Rogan pushed back on Jones and asked his producers to pull up the articles he referenced for more context.In a lengthy interview, Jones disputed the effectiveness of vaccines. Rogan hosted Jones on his podcast that aired Tuesday. 'It’s important to have diverse voices and points of view on our platform.”.“Spotify has always been a place for creative expressions.'.“We are not going to ban specific individuals from being guests on other people’s shows, as the episode/show complies with our content policies,' it advises.The email includes talking points managers can use when defending the decision.Internal emails leaked to BuzzFeed News show that Spotify's general counsel has defended the company's decision to allow Rogan to host Jones. Why it matters: The company, which still distributes mostly music, will begin to encounter more of these types of problems as it expands its podcast business.

Spotify is getting slammed for allowing Joe Rogan, one of its most popular podcasters, to host far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his show.

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