Young backed them up Monday with his own ultimatum to Spotify, urging the company to stop “spreading fake information.” 10 open letter demanding the service “immediately establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform,” likening Rogan’s most controversial episodes to “mass-misinformation events” of “devastating proportions” that provoke “distrust in science and medicine.” Spotify representatives have otherwise declined to comment about Rogan and its content-moderation practices since a group of more than 200 medical professionals, academics and others sent a Jan. We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon.”

We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID since the start of the pandemic. “With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users,” Spotify said in a statement after the news was first reported in the Wall Street Journal. “I sincerely hope that other artists and record companies will move off the SPOTIFY platform and stop supporting SPOTIFY’s deadly misinformation about COVID,” Young said in a statement posted on his website. The controversy hit a new peak Wednesday, with news that Neil Young was pulling his music from the streaming service over his concerns about COVID-19 misinformation on Rogan’s podcast.

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