Young asked for his music to be removed over Spotify's hosting of Joe Rogan's podcast, which features what Young called 'life-threatening misinformation.'
Neil Young's music will be removed from Spotify at his request, following the veteran rock star's protest over the streaming service airing a popular podcast that featured a figure criticized for spreading COVID misinformation.
Neil Young performs at Harvest Moon: A Gathering to benefit The Painted Turtle and The Bridge School at Painted Turtle Camp on September 14, 2019, in Lake Hughes, California.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.
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." "These young people believe Spotify would never present grossly unfactual information," he said."They unfortunately are wrong. I knew I had to try to point that out."
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