But his statement comes after several instances of Rogan, host of The Joe Rogan Experience, promoting baseless and/or scientifically incorrect claims about Covid-19. Young's letter has since been removed from his website. Please Don't Take Medical Advice From Joe Rogan.Scientists Urge Spotify to Moderate Joe Rogan.Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.” As Rolling Stone reported, Young addressed his record label and management, saying, “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them.
On Monday, Young posted an open letter asking that his music be removed from Spotify due to the unchecked Covid-19 misinformation on the platform. We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify but hope to welcome him back soon.”Įpisodes of Rogan’s podcast that contain misinformation about Covid and its treatments are still available.Įvery action has a consequence, and in the case of Spotify and its $100 million dollar deal with podcaster Joe Rogan, the fall out could be the streamer's loss of Neil Young's music. We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to Covid since the start of the pandemic. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. The company also released a statement, saying, “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users.
UPDATE: On Wednesday, Spotify responded to Young’s request from earlier in the week when the singer said via an open letter that if the platform was unwilling to police the proliferation of Covid-19 misinformation on their platform he wanted his music removed and is kicking Joe Rogan off the app-just kidding! They're saying goodbye to the music of one of the greatest artists of his generation.
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