Rock legends Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and David Crosby have announced that they will remove their music from Spotify to protest shock jock Joe Rogan's spreading COVID misinformation via his podcast on the streamery, and word has it that Crosby and Young's longtime bandmates Stephen Stills and Graham Nash may soon join the fight. In response to the ferment, Spot boss Daniel Ek tweeted the following.
There’s been a lot of conversation about information regarding COVID-19 on Spotify. We’ve heard the criticism and we’re implementing changes to help combat misinformation. https://t.co/ic8jfR1RNR
— Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) January 30, 2022
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For his part, Rogan posted a video on Instagram in which he vowed to strive for more balance and attempted to offset a certain "perception" of him and his show.
Spotify stock, which had been on a downswing for the last several days, recovered more than 19 points on 1/31.
Rogan's podcast remains on Spotify, however, which means that despite these efforts to balance his discredited assertions about the virus and the pandemic with factual sources, the pressure is unlikely to let up. Could a Canned Heat boycott be far behind? Stay tuned.
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