In a statement widely available across US media Spotify said Wednesday that "we want all the world's music and audio content to be available to Spotify users.
Rogan has discouraged vaccination in young people and promoted the off-label use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat the virus. Rogan has a multi-year exclusive deal with Spotify, reportedly to the tune of $100 million, and a massive following.īut critics say his podcast is a platform for peddling conspiracy theories and disinformation, particularly over Covid-19. Young had 2.4 million followers and over six million monthly listeners on the popular streaming platform. His music was expected to come down within hours Wednesday evening, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported that the removal was confirmed. "I realized I could not continue to support SPOTIFY's life threatening misinformation to the music loving public." Young has deemed the stand worth it: "Spotify has become the home of life threatening COVID misinformation," he wrote. He said Spotify accounts for 60 percent of his music's global streaming income On Wednesday he published a second letter to his website, thanking his record company, Warner's Reprise Records for their support "in the name of truth." False suggestions that injecting bleach could fight the virus, that COVID-19 wasn’t real or that vaccines could be deadly were among those removed from the platform.The prolific, legendary singer behind "Heart of Gold" and "Harvest Moon" had published an open letter this week accusing Spotify of "spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially causing death" by putting out Rogan's podcast that racks up millions of listens. The company says it has a team of experts that reviews content, and it’s removed if the information presented can cause harm or pose a direct threat to public health.
Spotify said in a statement on Thursday that “we have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.” Malone has been banned from Twitter for spreading COVID misinformation and has falsely suggested that millions of people have been hypnotized into believing that the vaccines work to prevent serious disease.
Robert Malone, an infectious disease specialist who has become a hero in the anti-vaccine community. Spotify airs the popular podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where last month the comedian interviewed Dr.
Young had asked his management and record company publicly on Monday to remove his music from the popular streaming service, where he had more than six million monthly listeners, according to his Spotify home page.
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