Following protests of Spotify kicked off by Neil Young over the unfold of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, the music streaming service mentioned that it’ll add content material advisories earlier than podcasts discussing the virus.

In a publish Sunday, Spotify chief government Daniel Ek laid out extra clear platform guidelines given the backlash stirred by Young, who on Wednesday had his music faraway from Spotify after the tech big declined to eliminate episodes of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which has been criticized for spreading virus misinformation.

“Personally, there are plenty of individuals and views on Spotify that I disagree with strongly,” wrote Ek. “It is important to me that we don’t take on the position of being content censor while also making sure that there are rules in place and consequences for those who violate them.”

Ek mentioned that the advisories will hyperlink to Spotify’s fact-based COVID-19 hub in what he described as a “new effort to combat misinformation.” It will roll out within the coming days, Ek mentioned. He didn’t particularly reference Rogan or Young.

Rogan responded to the fallout on Sunday, saying in a video on Instagram that he was solely searching for to have conversations on his podcast with individuals who have “differing opinions.”

“I’m not trying to promote misinformation, I’m not trying to be controversial,” Rogan mentioned. “I’ve never tried to do anything with this podcast other than to just talk to people.”

He additionally mentioned that he schedules the company on his podcast himself, and that he would attempt to ebook docs with completely different opinions proper after he talks to “the controversial ones.” Rogan famous that he earlier sat down on the present with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the chief medical correspondent for CNN, Dr. Michael Osterholm, who’s a member of US President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, and Dr. Peter Hotez from Baylor College of Medicine.

Rogan moreover welcomed the concept of including advisories earlier than podcasts associated to COVID-19.

“Sure, have that on there. I’m very happy with that,” he mentioned.

Britain’s Prince Harry and his spouse, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, who’ve signed a multi-year deal to supply and host podcasts for Spotify beneath their manufacturing firm Archewell Audio, on Sunday urged Spotify to tame virus misinformation.

“Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform,” an Archewell spokesperson mentioned in a press release. “We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis. We look to Spotify to meet this moment and are committed to continuing our work together as it does.”

Earlier Sunday, Nils Lofgren, the Bruce Springsteen guitarist and a member of Crazy Horse, a frequent collaborator with Young, mentioned he was becoming a member of Young’s Spotify revolt. Lofgren mentioned he had already had the final 27 years of his music eliminated and requested labels together with his earlier music to do likewise.

“We encourage all musicians, artists and music lovers everywhere to stand with us and cut ties with Spotify,” wrote Lofgren in a press release.

On Friday, Joni Mitchell mentioned she is searching for to take away all of her music from Spotify in solidarity with Young. Earlier, a whole bunch of scientists, professors and public well being specialists requested Spotify to take away a December 31 episode from “The Joe Rogan Experience” wherein he featured Dr. Robert Malone, an infectious-disease specialist who has been banned from Twitter for spreading COVID-19 misinformation.