Neil Young is taking a stance. On Monday (January 24), the 76-year-old musician reportedly demanded his management team and record label threaten to pull his music from Spotify, citing the COVID-19 “disinformation” being spread on Joe Rogan‘s podcast. Click inside to read more… “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,” Neil wrote in an open letter on his website that has since been deleted, according to Rolling Stone. “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.
They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both,” Neil added. Throughout the COVID pandemic, the 54-year-old host of Spotify’s The Joe Rogan Experience podcast has been spreading misleading and false information about the virus, and made controversial remarks telling young people not to get vaccinated against COVID.
Late last year, a group of 270 scientists, professors, and medial professional wrote an open letter to Spotify, requesting that the streaming service implement a misinformation policy over what Joe has been saying on his podcast. “By allowing the propagation of false and societally harmful assertions, Spotify is enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals,” they wrote.
They added, “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Rogan has repeatedly spread misleading and false claims on his podcast, provoking distrust in science and medicine.” After Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID in
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