A New Misinformation Hub?: Misleading edits, fake news stories and deepfake images of politicians are starting to warp reality on TikTok.The Pelosi Misinformation Loop: We tracked how prominent Republican figures amplified groundless and often homophobic claims about the attack on Paul Pelosi.The Spread of Misinformation and Falsehoods Rogan had a “concerning history” of promoting falsehoods about the virus. This month, a group of hundreds of medical experts urged Spotify to crack down on Covid-19 misinformation, saying Mr. Rogan was accused of promoting Covid-19 misinformation on his show, including hosting a guest who had been barred by Twitter for spreading false information about Covid-19 vaccines. The audio giant has faced calls for weeks to take action against Joe Rogan, the mega-popular podcast host, after Mr. Facebook and Alex Jones, Twitter and Donald Trump, YouTube and PewDiePie, Netflix and Dave Chappelle: Every major platform has found itself trapped, at some point, between this particular rock and a hard place. If this scenario sounds familiar, it’s because a version of it has occurred on every major internet media platform over the last half decade.

Days later, the chief executive is forced to choose between barring a popular creator - and face the fury of his fans - or being seen as a hypocrite and an enabler of dangerous behavior.

The platform’s employees threaten to walk out.

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