
She also shared a clip of the host comparing walking into a cinema in a black neighbourhood to walking “into the Planet of The Apes”. Abandonad a los desinformadores, proclama. Spotify recently removed over 113 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast after a compilation of clips shared by singer India Arie went viral highlighting multiple occasions where Rogan used the N-word on his podcast. Young señala en su web que en esta era de la comunicación, la desinformación es el problema. Rock icon Neil Young has threatened to remove all his music from Spotify, accusing the platform of providing controversial podcaster Joe Rogan to espouse COVID-19 vaccine 'misinformation. The streaming platform has been embroiled in a controversy over Rogan’s podcast since a group of doctors, scientists, and experts published an open letter vilifying Rogan’s decision to host prominent anti-vax voices and for his personal comments on vaccines and pandemic-era health policies. Neil Young's music is being removed from Spotify after the rock star called for the streaming platform to choose between him and podcaster Joe Rogan.

READ MORE: Daniel Ek says Spotify’s content policy should have been public sooner: “We should’ve done it earlier and that’s on me”.Besides adding COVID-19 health warnings and advisories to podcasts, Spotify has also made podcast content guidelines public in order to establish what content is and is not actionable. Janu1:17pm Spotify is in the process of removing Neil Young ’s catalog of music from its service after the artist published then took down an open letter with an ultimatum.

Spotify has recently announced a raft of initiatives to combat the accusations that it has allowed misinformation to fester unprohibited on its platform. Neil Young Archives: The singers Pono player and hi-res music store may have come and gone, but it has been replaced by a service called the Neil Young Archives. Neil Young has demanded that Spotify removes his music, due to vaccine misinformation spread by podcaster Joe Rogan on the streaming service. He applauded Young for taking the stand in the first place as it “is a position that’s completely consistent with the way that he’s conducted himself with his fan base.”

In a letter to his management team and label, the 79-year-old rocker lambasted Spotify for. Mercuriadis added that while he does not support any action to “cut off” Rogan, he backed Spotify’s move to add COVID-19 health warnings to podcasts that may contain disinformation. Neil Young has given Spotify an ultimatum: remove the Joe Rogan Experience podcast or Neil Young walks.
