Neil Young desires all his music pulled from streaming service Spotify as shortly as attainable, in accordance with an open letter the veteran rock musician posted to his web site that’s since been deleted. What’s the issue? Young doesn’t just like the misinformation about vaccines being peddled by Joe Rogan, the podcast host who signed a $100 million cope with Spotify in 2020.

“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” Young wrote within the open letter to his managers. “They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both.”

“I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” Young wrote. “Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.”

It’s not clear why the assertion was deleted from Young’s web site, however Rolling Stone captured the message earlier than it was purged. The 76-year-old rock musician has taken situation with music streaming beforehand, nevertheless it was once in regards to the low-quality audio that was offered again within the mid-2010s. Today’s struggle is all in regards to the campaign towards anti-vaxxers and others who’re prolonging the coronavirus pandemic.

Rogan, who acquired covid-19 in Sept. 2021, has platformed loads of conspiracy theorists and quacks over time. Recently, Rogan had on a virologist named Dr. Robert Malone who insisted there was a hyperlink between mass vaccinations and one thing he calls “mass formation psychosis,” one thing that doesn’t have any scientific credibility. But Spotify is unlikely to ever eliminate Rogan, regardless of what number of cranks he has on, as Gizmodo identified earlier this month.

Young pointed to the large listening viewers of the Joe Rogan Experience as a purpose to take a stand towards his bullshit.

“With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence,” Young’s letter says. “Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently has no misinformation policy.”

If you’re a giant fan of Neil Young and subscribe to Spotify you might need to hearken to him one final time earlier than his songs get pulled. But then once more, it’s nonetheless not clear why Young’s letter to his administration group was deleted. For all we all know, he may’ve had a change of coronary heart.