Days after veteran rocker Neil Young determined to take down his music from Spotify over covid-19 misinformation on The Joe Rogan Experience, musician Joni Mitchell has joined him, saying she may even pull her work from the streaming platform.

Mitchell introduced her choice in a short statement on her web site on Friday and mentioned that false data on Spotify was costing individuals their lives. Like Young, she referenced an open letter to Spotify signed by 270 scientists, medical professionals, and science educators printed in mid-January calling on the streaming platform to undertake a transparent and public coverage on misinformation.

Although Spotify claims it has detailed content policies in place and has eliminated greater than 20,000 podcast episodes associated to covid-19 for the reason that begin of the pandemic, it doesn’t at present seem to have a strong misinformation coverage in its guidelines in contrast to different main platforms.

“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell mentioned on Friday. “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”

Gizmodo reached out to Spotify on Saturday to ask for touch upon Mitchell’s choice however didn’t hear again by the point of publication. We’ll replace this text if somebody will get again to us.

Covid-19 misinformation on Spotify was thrust into the highlight by a December episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the platform’s hottest podcast. In the episode, Rogan interviews Dr. Robert Malone, a virologist who was booted off Twitter for selling vaccine misinformation and a frequent supply of conspiracy theories and false data.

Malone tells Rogan that “mass formation psychosis,” a baseless idea that isn’t thought-about a professional scientific thought, has hypnotized individuals into believing within the efficacy of vaccines. He additionally repeated a preferred, and false, declare that hospitals diagnose covid-19 deaths for monetary causes.

“Dr. Malone’s interview has reached many tens of millions of listeners vulnerable to predatory medical misinformation. Mass-misinformation events of this scale have extraordinarily dangerous ramifications,” the open letter from scientists, medical professionals, and science educators acknowledged. It continued: “This is not only a scientific or medical concern; it is a sociological issue of devastating proportions and Spotify is responsible for allowing this activity to thrive on its platform.”

Notably, the open letter doesn’t ask Spotify to half methods with Rogan or delete the episode, solely to “immediately establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform.”

This isn’t the primary time that Rogan has peddled misinformation on the present, having beforehand instructed that 21-year-olds don’t need to get vaccinated towards covid-19. Rogan has additionally invited friends which have mentioned the drug ivermectin could end the pandemic—which isn’t true—and has promoted the drug himself.

While Spotify’s response to Mitchell’s departure remains to be up within the air, it’s unlikely that the streaming platform will act towards Rogan. However, the streaming platform could possibly be compelled to take a more durable stance on misinformation if extra artists, and customers, determine to depart. We’ll have to attend and see.