![]() ![]() I have never been in favor of censorship. 'When I left Spotify, I felt better,' Young wrote on his website today. Options to message the company, which have previously included live chat with a customer support agent or a chat bot, are now limited to an email address link. 'We're currently getting a lot of contacts so may be slow to respond,' a large red banner has read on the support page. SPOTIFY SUPPORT UNDER COMPLAINTS FROM NEIL OFFLINEThe hashtag #SpotifyDeleted trended on Twitter yesterday, and fans seem to have inundated customer support with so many messages that Spotify has had to take it offline at times. Ars Technica reports: Though the loss of Young's music likely represents a small percentage of overall streams on Spotify, Young pointed out that 'Spotify represents 60% of the streaming of my music to listeners around the world.' For Young and his fans, the hit was palpable, and his fans are apparently taking their frustrations out on Spotify. Now, Neil's fans are taking their frustrations out on Spotify. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex - Harry and Megan have expressed discontent about Rogan's podcast but remain in business with Spotify.On Monday, famed singer-songwriter Neil Young had his music removed from Spotify as a protest against the platform's distribution of Joe Rogan, who's been widely criticized for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines on his Spotify-exclusive podcast. India Arie - the signer-songwriter pulled her music and podcast in the aftermath of Young's statement. ![]() Nils Lofgren - the guitarist has stated his wish to remove 27-years of music from Spotify.īrené Brown - the bestselling author has suspended recording her podcasts on the streaming platform. Wendy Zukerman and Blythe Terrell - the producers have suspended some work with Spotify as their misinformation policy doesn't "go far enough." Roxane Gay - the celebrated author pulled her podcast in response to Young's move. Joni Mitchell - the "River" singer was one of the first to pull her music in solidarity with Young.Ĭrosby, Stills & Nash: David Crosby and Stephen Stills both asked that all music by iterations of their supergroup be removed in support of Young. Nash has requested his solo work be removed from Spotify citing the difference between misinformation and "disinformation which is knowingly false and intended to mislead and sway public opinion." Neil Young - the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee set the ball rolling on a mass exodus with his exit from Spotify. Every artist that has withdrawn or protested Spotify: Spotify has pledged to add a content warning to Rogan's podcast and, in what is seen as an attempt to quell the outrage, Rogan himself issued an apology and pledged to "try harder" to make his episodes more balanced. Jenkins did however concede that “What Spotify hasn’t done is move fast enough to share these policies externally.” ![]() The row with Young has thrown renewed scrutiny on Spotify's editorial policy, particularly in regards to misinformation.įollowing the singer's intervention leaked messages from the Spotify Slack channel showed Dustee Jenkins (Spotify’s head of global communications and public relations) reassuring colleagues that several episodes of Rogan’s podcast had been reviewed and found not to meet the threshold for removal.
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