UPDATE: Spotify is granting rock icon Neil Young’s demand to remove his music, after he decried the spread of COVID-19 vaccine disinformation on the platform — and called out popular podcaster Joe Rogan in particular.
Spotify is granting rock icon Neil Young’s demand to have his music removed from the streaming-music service, after he decried the spread of COVID-19 vaccine disinformation on the platform — and called out popular podcaster Joe Rogan in particular.
Young confirmed the move Wednesday on his blog, and thanked his fans and record label, AT&T’s T, -8.42% Warner Bros. Reprise, for their support. “I sincerely hope that other artists and record companies will move off the Spotify platform and stop supporting Spotify’s deadly misinformation about COVID,” he wrote.
“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,” Young wrote Monday. “Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.” — Neil Young Last month, a group of 270 figures from the medical and scientific community decried Rogan’s show and called on Spotify to institute a misinformation policy.
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