Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over ‘False Information About Vaccines’

[Dalek]

Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'

"They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young," Neil Young wrote in a letter asking Spotify to remove all of his music from the service. "Not both."

www.rollingstone.com

Neil Young posted a since-deleted letter to his management team and record label demanding that they remove his music from 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," he wrote. "Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule."

"I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform," he continued. "They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both." Young is referencing the steady stream of misinformation about vaccines that Joe Rogan has peddled on The Joe Rogan Experience. Last month, 270 doctors, physicians, and science educators signed an open letter asking Spotify to stop spreading Rogan's baseless claims.

"With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world's largest podcast and has tremendous influence," the letter reads. "Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently has no misinformation policy."

Click to shrink...

 

[The Real Abed]

Yeah, fuck Joe Rogan. I can't believe anyone would give him a platform.

Just kidding, money. It's money. Spotify likes money.

 

[Mariolee]

Wow, go Neil Young. Was afraid this would be going the other way having not remembered Joe Rogan was peddling anti-vaccine bullshit.

 

[Jason Frost]

Rolling Stone: Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over ‘False Information About Vaccines’ (Upd: Music Pulled, Joni Mitchell joins him)

Hopefully more artists join him.

www.resetera.com

 

[terminaljeremy]

be the right kind of angry old white guy. be like Neil.

 

[Fat4all]

if Spotify isn't going to put any pressure of Rogan to not be a shitheel and lie about vaccinations, then pressure needs to be put on Spotify

hope more artists do this or sommit similar

 

[bye]

Good reminder to stop using Spotify :)

 

[Fat4all]

Good reminder to stop using Spotify :)

Click to shrink...

these days I just buy music direct or use bandcamp

even the one podcast i listen to that's spotify-only is leaving they asses soon