Should Spotify be called a platform or a publisher? - a podcast by BBC World Service

Spotify seeks to limit damage after a Coronavirus row over its star podcaster. Joe Rogan has pledged to try harder to offer more balanced views on his podcast, after he was criticised by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell for helping to spread Covid misinformation. The Canadian musicians asked to have their music pulled from Spotify as a result. Spotify has since said it is working to add advisory warnings to any podcast discussing Covid-19. But does that mean it is moving from a platform to a publisher, with the different regulations that that would entail?

Also in the programme, voters in Portugal give a clear 'yes' to their Prime Minister after a snap general election - we hear what this means for the country's economy.

Plus - why the time is now for African musicians

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