Earlier this month, a group of more than 250 scientists, doctors and nurses penned an open letter to Spotify condemning the streamer for platforming Rogan and calling on Spotify to warn its listeners about misinformation. On his podcast, Rogan has made frequent false and inaccurate claims surrounding vaccines and Covid-19. “I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” the 76-year-old said in Monday’s post, according to Rolling Stone. The company has said it would add a 'content advisory' to any episode that includes discussion of the coronavirus.In his post, Young asked his managers and record label to remove his music from Spotify because he said the music and podcast platform is “spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe this disinformation spread by them.” (Rolling Stone originally reported the text of the post.) The platform saw more than $2 billion wiped off its market value last week amid the uproar over COVID misinformation. Young also urged fellow musicians and artists to take their output elsewhere. Get out of that place before it eats up your soul.' read moreĪddressing employees of the music platform, Young said: 'I say Daniel Ek is your big problem - not Joe Rogan. Young's comments come a day after Ek told his staff that while he condemned the slurs used by Rogan, the company would not be silencing him. Rogan has apologized for both the racial slurs and the controversy over COVID vaccines. Young also urged people to move their money out of multinational banks JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N), Citigroup Inc (C.N), Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and Wells Fargo & Co, calling them 'damage causers' for their funding of fossil fuels. professor and author Brene Brown followed suit. Several prominent figures including singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, guitarist Nils Lofgren and best-selling U.S.

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