Spotify has removed tens of thousands of phony podcasts promoting illegal online pharmacies, a new investigation has found, after reports from CNN and other news outlets exposed the issue last year.
Spotify has removed thousands of podcasts promoting online pharmacies, an investigation by Senator Maggie Hassan found.
Spotify says the podcasts were a "spam attack," rather than an attempt to sell drugs to its users.
Similar phony podcasts advertising prescription drugs were also discovered on other streaming platforms.
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