Audio-streaming service Spotify Technology SA (SPOT.N) mentioned on Wednesday it has acquired Kinzen, a agency that has helped it establish dangerous content material on the platform.
The acquisition is a part of Spotify’s efforts to sort out dangerous content material on its service after a backlash over “The Joe Rogan Experience” earlier this yr accused the podcaster of spreading misinformation about COVID-19 .
The Dublin-based agency has been working with Spotify since 2020, initially specializing in the integrity of election-related content material world wide. Since then, Kinzen’s dispatches have expanded to incorporate concentrating on misinformation, propaganda, and hate speech.
“KinGen provides a combination of tools and expertise to help us better understand the content and abuse trends on our platform,” mentioned Sarah Hoyle, Spotify’s Head of Trust and Safety.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Earlier this yr, Spotify mentioned it could be extra clear in the way it determines what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable content material. It printed its platform guidelines for the primary time in January. In June, it arrange a Security Advisory Council to offer enter on dangerous materials.
Kinzen will present early warnings about issues in numerous markets, and assist Spotify extra successfully average content material in additional languages.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
