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Neil Young
It started, obviously, with Neil Young.
The letter specifically targetedThe Joe Rogan Experienceas the prominent vector of that public misinformation.
(Rolling Stonewas first to report on boththe open letterandYoungs ultimatum.)
Spotify, of course, sided with Rogan, andproceeded to remove Youngs archive from the platformon January 27.
We love ya, @NeilYoungNYA,the podcasts account tweeted.
I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.
We are reaching out to the labels that own my earlier music to have it removed as well.
The newswas first reported inThe Guardianon January 30.
The former royals concerns with misinformation on the platform had apparently predated this particular news cycle.
At the time, she did not explicitly cite her reason for doing so.
I will not be releasing any podcasts until further notice.
On February 1, Brownposted an updateto her website, explaining her decision to pause the podcast.
Im not interested in canceling or silencing or censoring anyone, including Joe Rogan, she wrote.
Im hopeful that the podcasts will be back next week.
I believe in freedom of speech, the musician wrote.
It won’t move any sort of needle but I removed my podcast from Spotify.
That’s all there really is to say about that.
