Neil Young reportedly asks Spotify to remove his music over Joe Rogan’s vaccine comments
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Neil Young performing at the 30th Anniversary Bridge School Benefit Concert held at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California on October 23, 2016.
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Neil Young reportedly demanded SpotifyAccording to, he had his music removed because of misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine spread via streaming platforms by Joe Rogan. Rolling Stone.
This is the latest protest against Rogan who hosts Spotify’s most-listened podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience”. Spotify bought the streaming rights in 2020 to the show, in an agreement that reportedly was worth over $100 million.
Young wrote an open letter on his website to his record label and management, Rolling Stone stated, asking for a quick response. This is the letter has since been deleted. CNBC didn’t see Young’s original post. Young is still available via Spotify.
“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’s letter reportedly said.
JRE has a huge following and an estimated 11,000,000 listeners each episode. It is also the most popular podcast on Spotify. He said that Spotify is responsible for preventing misinformation from spreading on their platform. However, the company does not have a misinformation policy. “I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform…They can have Rogan or Young. “Not both.”
Rogan’s podcast continues to rise in the charts. However, many health professionals and major names are calling for Spotify to fix its harmful coronavirus content. Recenty, there have been 270 doctors and other health professionals. wrote an open letterTo the streaming giant, asking for action regarding the podcast. The company is accused of misinformation broadcast.
According to the letter, Spotify allows the spreading of false and socially destructive assertions. This allows Spotify’s hosted media platform to undermine public trust and science research. It also makes it possible for medical professionals not believe that data-driven information is reliable.
Rogan was incorrectly called “incorrect” by Dr. Anthony Fauci as the country’s foremost infectious disease expert. He said that young people don’t need to get vaccinated in early 2017.
CNBC did not receive a response from Warner Records or Spokespeople For Young.
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