INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
This week, Spotify rushed to remove hundreds of obviously fake podcasts found to be marketing prescription drugs in violation of Spotify's
policies and, likely, federal law.On Thursday, Business Insider (BI) reported that Spotify removed 200 podcasts advertising the sale of
opioids and other drugs, but that wasn't the end of the scandal
Today, CNN revealed that it easily uncovered dozens more fake podcasts peddling drugs.Some of the podcasts may have raised a red flag for a
or "Order Xanax 2 mg Online Big Deal On Christmas Season," CNN reported.But Spotify's auto-detection did not flag the fake podcasts for
Some of them remained up for months, CNN reported, which could create trouble for the music streamer at a time when the US government is
cracking down on illegal drug sales online."Multiple teens have died of overdoses from pills bought online," CNN noted, sparking backlash
And Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs were specifically raised to stop deadly drugs from bombarding the US, which the president declared a
national emergency.BI found that many podcast episodes featured a computerized voice and were under a minute long, while CNN noted some
episodes were as short as 10 seconds
Some of them didn't contain any audio at all, BI reported.
