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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek responded to the backlash Sunday by announcing the company will implement “changes to combat misinformation,” including adding a content warning to podcast episodes about Covid-19 and linking to accurate information about it. Robert Malone-falsely claimed getting vaccinated if you’ve already had Covid-19 can be dangerous, compared Covid-19 restrictions to Nazi Germany, and spread a conspiracy theory known as ​​“mass-formation psychosis” that claims a large chunk of the population is hypnotized by the mainstream media. Rogan has touted antiparasitic drug ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19, though doctors advise against using the drug and say there’s no evidence of its effectiveness, and Rogan has said young people do not need to get vaccinated. Fallout over the platform’s relationship with Rogan amplified last month, when 270 doctors and scientists issued an open letter criticizing Spotify’s misinformation policy and highlighting a few episodes of Rogan’s podcast in which false Covid-19 theories were spread by guests. The Joe Rogan Experience was the most popular podcast on Spotify last year, reaching an estimated 11 million listeners per episode. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, whose Archwell Audio podcast is exclusively distributed on Spotify, said through a spokesperson Sunday that they started expressing “concerns” to Spotify about Covid-19 misinformation in April “to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis.” They are not pulling their show, which hasn’t published any new episodes since December 2020. Podcaster Brené Brown, whose shows Unlocking Us and Dare To Lead are exclusively distributed by Spotify, tweeted Sunday she will stop releasing new episodes “until further notice.” She elaborated on her decision Tuesday, writing on her website that she’s taking time to learn more about Spotify’s misinformation policy, though she said she's “not interested in canceling or silencing or censoring anyone, including Joe Rogan." Key Background When Young became the first well-known artist to ask Spotify to remove his music last week, he accused the platform of “spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation,” though he later clarified that he’s “never been in favor of censorship.” Tangent