FACT CHECK: No, Spotify Is Not Adding An âAge Capâ To Its Platform
A viral image shared on X, formerly Twitter, claims music streaming service Spotify is adding an âage capâ to its platform.
Spotify âage capâ means you canât listen to some artists if ur too old pic.twitter.com/ghMo1wmlDG
â Soren Iverson (@soren_iverson) April 24, 2024
Verdict: False
The claim is false. A Spotify spokesperson told Check Your Fact the claim is âincorrectâ via email.
Fact Check:
Spotify said Apple purportedly rejected a ânew version of its iOS appâ that includes âin-app pricing information for users in the European Union,â according to Reuters. Spotify made the revelation via an April 24 X post, the outlet reported.
âSpotify âage capâ means you canât listen to some artists if [youâre] too old,â the viral X imageâs caption reads. The image, viewed over seven million times, purports to show a pop-up message on Spotify claiming to tell a user they are too old to be listening to pop singer Olivia Rodrigo, whose age cap is 25.
The claim is false, however. The claim is neither referenced on Spotifyâs website nor its verified social media accounts. Likewise, Check Your Fact found no credible news reports to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. Snopes reported the claim is false via an April 25 article. (RELATED: Facebook Image Does Not Show Authentic Rolling Stone Headline)
Additionally, @soren_iverson, the X user who shared the image, admitted in a later post that it was just a âconceptâ he created, and therefore, not authentic.
âI need to start making concepts at 3am more often,â Iverson wrote.
I need to start making concepts at 3am more often
â Soren Iverson (@soren_iverson) April 24, 2024
In a third X post, Iverson said heâd made a âcoffee table bookâ with âover 365 unhinged conceptsâ similar to the one heâd shared about the purported Spotify cap.
Furthermore, a Spotify spokesperson told Check Your Fact the claim is âincorrectâ via email.
âThis [claim] is incorrect,â the spokesperson said.
This is not the first time a false claim has circulated online. Check Your Fact previously debunked a Facebook image that claims Tyson Foods is purportedly putting insects in its products.