Misinformation about COVID is over the line.” In a statement on his website Wednesday, Young wrote, “I want to thank my partners for standing with me… Losing 60 percent of worldwide streaming service income by leaving SPOTIFY is a very big deal, a costly move, but worth it for our integrity and our beliefs.

We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon.” “We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators,” the company said in a statement Wednesday. “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users.

UPDATE: JANU- Two days after rock pioneer Neil Young issued an ultimatum demanding that Spotify either dump The Joe Rogan Experience or delete his music, the audio streamer has elected to stick with Rogan.

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