After rule changes allowed Spotify to link to external payment options in its iOS app, the digital streaming provider (DSP) ...

Following reports from CNN and other news outlets, Senator Maggie Hassan is demanding information about how Spotify is handling phony podcasts promoting potentially illegal online pharmacies.

Spotify has reportedly booted a number of “podcasts” advertising the online sale of illegal substances. Multiple outlets have ...

Apple has taken a series of setbacks in recent months in its long-running legal battles with Epic Games, Spotify and other developers.

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 ...

Some podcasts advertised opioids without prescriptions, violating federal law and Spotify rules. Fake podcasts openly offering highly addictive drugs are rampant on Spotify — which is cracking ...

You may also come across multiple pages masquerading as podcasts that direct users to buy drugs from potentially ... or violates our monetization policies,” Spotify said in the guidelines.

Spotify been clearing its platform of numerous fake podcasts that directed users to websites purporting to sell drugs without a prescription. The issue was brought to light in recent days by CNN ...

Even if Spotify’s policy were large-scale events, moderation of voice content is very difficult, unlike images or text. CNN cannot estimate how many Spotify users have interacted with drug podcasts, ...

According to Spotify, going forward, Apple’s App Store changes pave the way “to other seamless buying opportunities that will directly benefit creators,” such as one-click-purchase audiobooks.

You may also come across multiple pages masquerading as podcasts that direct users to buy drugs from potentially ... or violates our monetization policies," Spotify said in the guidelines.