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Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. On Friday, Joni Mitchell announced that she also had requested all her music be removed from Spotify for the same reasons: “I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify.

Not both.”Īccording to Young (and many others), Joe Rogan has been “spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them.” Unsurprisingly, Spotify sided with Joe Rogan: Joe Rogan’s podcast receives approximately 11 million streams per episode, and Spotify has revealed itself to be very greedy in the past, so it was very much a no-brainer for the Swedish company. It did not immediately comment on Mitchell's decision.On Wednesday, Neil Young demanded that Spotify remove his music because the streaming platform refused to remove the popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience. In an open letter, the famous singer-songwriter wrote this ultimatum: “I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform. "We regret Neil's decision to remove his music from Spotify," the service said, "but hope to welcome him back soon." Young had accused Spotify of "spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially causing death" by putting out Rogan's podcast. What has Spotify said?įollowing Young's action this week, Spotify said it had policies in place to remove dis- and misinformation from its services. It claimed to have taken off more than 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.īut the service has said nothing about Rogan, one of its major attractions, who has a contract that could earn him more than $100 million ($89.7 million). Robert Malone, who has been banned from Twitter for promulgating misinformation about the coronavirus.

Last month, the comedian interviewed an infectious disease specialist, Dr. He has also advocated the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin in treating the disease, despite the fact that leading global health authorities say it is not authorized or approved as a remedy. On the podcast, which has a massive following on Spotify, Joe Rogan has discouraged young people from being vaccinated against COVID-19. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video What has the controversial podcast said?