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Songs are not censored based on their lyrics, so why should it be any different for podcasts? Behind Spotify's arguments, there is of course the thorny issue of moderation methods. Whether by algorithmic or human detection, moderating millions of minutes of audio content is very complex. To accurately moderate podcasts, the content would have to be transcribed, and the platforms claim they do not have the means to do this today. Is it nevertheless acceptable that streaming platforms broadcasting podcasts become the blind spot in the fight against disinformation? It is difficult to answer in the affirmative.
Spotify knows this well and it is in this sense that it took the bosnia and herzegovina phone number library initiative to remove from the platform the podcasts of the French far-right essayist Alain Soral and the ERFM account (the online radio of Egalité et Réconciliation, a political group he co-founded), for non-compliance with its content policy. At a time when the war in Ukraine is also an information war, with Russian media relaying government propaganda and disinformation through different distribution channels, the fight against disinformation on streaming platforms is coming back to the forefront.
Podcasts from the RT France channel, funded by the Russian government, currently in the sights of Arcom because it is suspected of relaying Kremlin propaganda, are available on platforms like Deezer. But do they really have a place there when the war is in full swing? This new war of disinformation could well be a pivot in the public debate on the question of podcast moderation. Illustration.
Spotify knows this well and it is in this sense that it took the bosnia and herzegovina phone number library initiative to remove from the platform the podcasts of the French far-right essayist Alain Soral and the ERFM account (the online radio of Egalité et Réconciliation, a political group he co-founded), for non-compliance with its content policy. At a time when the war in Ukraine is also an information war, with Russian media relaying government propaganda and disinformation through different distribution channels, the fight against disinformation on streaming platforms is coming back to the forefront.
Podcasts from the RT France channel, funded by the Russian government, currently in the sights of Arcom because it is suspected of relaying Kremlin propaganda, are available on platforms like Deezer. But do they really have a place there when the war is in full swing? This new war of disinformation could well be a pivot in the public debate on the question of podcast moderation. Illustration.