In response to growing criticisms, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek issued a statement on Jan. The discographies of Young and Mitchell, 78, have already been removed from Spotify. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue,” she said. Mitchell, whose hits include “Both Sides Now” and “Big Yellow Taxi,” said in a statement posted on her website that “irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.” Rogan, notorious for interviewing vaccine skeptics in his podcast, in a report by was partially contrite, promising to “do better” because he doesn’t “always get it right.” Robert Malone, an infectious-disease expert, saying the program promoted “several falsehoods about Covid-19 vaccines,” NYTimes reported. The 76-year-old musician made such a move after more than 200 scientists, professors and public health experts had asked Spotify in a public letter to take down an episode from the Dec. Young, tunesmith of classics “Hey Hey, My My,” and “After the Gold Rush,” published an open letter last week calling on Spotify to remove all his songs as a protest against the site’s most popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which has been criticized for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines. “We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify,” the service added, “but hope to welcome him back soon.”įor more on this topic, follow the Classic Rock observer.They have a beef with the presence of Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on Spotify. 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. Spotify said in a statement on Wednesday in regards to Young’s ultimatum: “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. “I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” the ‘Help Me’ singer wrote. In her statement today, Mitchell referred to both Young’s letter and the petition posted and backed by 270 scientists, professors, and medical professionals who shared an open letter with Spotify on New Years Eve requesting for the streaming giant to implement a misinformation policy. Now, fellow artists – including Joni Mitchell – have come up in support of Young’s decision. I want to thank my truly great and supportive record company Warner Brothers – Reprise Records, for standing with me in my decision to pull all my music from Spotify. “I was prepared to do all I could and more just to make sure that happened.
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