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Spotify CEO condemns Joe Rogan over use of N-word but won’t ‘silence’ him

Daniel Ek says he will not remove US podcaster from the platform and it was Rogan’s decision to remove a number of past episodes

Spotify’s chief executive officer Daniel Ek says he “strongly” condemns racial slurs and other comments made by popular US podcaster Joe Rogan, but will not be removing him from the platform.

Ek’s comments, sent in a letter to staff seen by Reuters, come on the heels of Rogan issuing an apology for the second time in a week, the latest for using racial slurs after a montage video surfaced showing him repeatedly using the N-word.

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