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Jan 25 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young accused Spotify of spreading fake information about vaccines, citing the immensely popular “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.
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In a now-deleted letter sent to his manager and the co-chairman and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Records, Young threatened to pull his extensive catalog from Spotify in protest of the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on the platform.
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"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.
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"I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform," Young continued.

"They can have (Joe) Rogan or Young. Not both."
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Earlier this month nearly 300 U.S. doctors, scientists, healthcare professionals and professors penned an open letter to Spotify expressing concern about medical misinformation on “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
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Young's wife, actor and activist Daryl Hannah, chimed in on Twitter, writing that "inherently harmful disinformation used as propaganda does not = free speech."
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