“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” Young had wrote in a letter to his record company and management team earlier this week. Twitter and YouTube have since removed the episode citing misinformation, while Spotify is keeping it, though it did point out that its "detailed content policies" have resulted in the removal of over 20,000 COVID-19-related podcasts since the start of the pandemic.(Bloomberg) - Spotify Technology SA is removing Neil Young’s music from its streaming service after the singer raised concerns this week that the platform’s most popular podcaster, Joe Rogan, is spreading vaccine misinformation, according to a person familiar with the company’s decision. During the discussion on The Joe Rogan Experience, he drew comparisons to the climate surrounding "mandates of an experimental vaccine" to "mass formation psychosis" and "the rise of the Nazi party in Germany" among other claims. Robert Malone, a virologist who worked on early research in mRNA technology. Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule." Spotify represents 60% of Young's streaming music via record label Warner Records (NASDAQ: WMG).Īt issue is a recent episode with Dr. "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. The letter: "I sincerely hope that other artists and record companies will move off the Spotify platform and stop supporting Spotify's deadly misinformation about COVID. Similar arguments have also played out on related tech platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The controversy touches on the free speech debate and if a public platform should be held responsible for content as a publisher.
Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) is in the midst of removing Neil Young's music from its platform after the company refused to take down Joe Rogan's podcast amid the folk-rock star's objection to "vaccine misinformation." That means no more listening to hits like Heart Of Gold, Harvest Moon and - ironically - Rockin' in the Free World.
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