Legal Counsel - Platform Liability (New York)

Legal Counsel - Platform Liability

Spotify's Legal team is growing. We're facing innovative challenges that mirror the ground-breaking industry and product at the heart of our company. As we've expanded into more than 184 countries and our company has grown tremendously, we find ourselves facing new and interesting legal issues every day.

As Legal Counsel, Platform Liability & Enforcement at Spotify, you will help supervise Spotify's legal takedown practices and policies and you will provide legal support for the teams that develop, implement, and support Spotify's content policies. You will also work directly to resolve claims related to these policies and help build out processes for scale. Your experience making risk-based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial.

What You'll Do

• Advise on Spotify's state and global compliance with online safety frameworks and safe harbor laws
• Support managing Spotify's legal takedown process, including by providing legal guidance on Spotify's handling of user notices and government-issued takedown requests
• Provide legal advice across Spotify on platform liability, including issue-spotting and strategizing solutions for exciting new products
• Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to track evolving legal requirements across the territories where Spotify operates
• Collaborate with Product and Trust & Safety teams to assess and implement online safety features, including tools aimed at addressing harmful or unlawful content
• Work on proactive enforcement efforts regarding potential abuse of the Spotify platform
• Provide legal support for litigations and press inquiries arising out of content takedown issues
• Work with operations teams within and outside the legal team to develop efficient, scalable practices around legal takedown requests
• Perform rotational work as business requires

Who You Are

Where You'll Be

The United States base range for this position is $167,992-$239,989 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays.