Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are speaking publicly about their concerns regarding COVID-19 misinformation on Spotify.
“Since the inception of Archewell, we have worked to address the real-time global misinformation crisis. Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the serious harms of rampant mis- and disinformation every day,” reads a statement from an Archwell spokesperson. “Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform. We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis. We look to Spotify to meet this moment and are committed to continuing our work together as it does.”
Spotify first announced a partnership with the Sussexes in December 2020. According to a press release issued at the time, Harry and Meghan "will host and produce podcasts that build community through shared experience, narratives, and values." Thus far, the Sussexes have only released one 33-minute holiday episode, and have yet to publicly announce further projects with Spotify. It's unclear if this delay in new content is related to misinformation about the platform, or when additional podcasts might be released by the Sussexes.
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