Unlike Facebook or Instagram, Spotify has no publicly available anti-misinformation policy. In 2020, Rogan signed an exclusive distribution deal with the company which is said to be worth about $100 million, and in September the broadcaster was quick to defend his paymasters, telling his audience, "Spotify has asked me to change nothing. Spotify is enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals.” It read: "By allowing the propagation of false and societally harmful assertions. The letter was prompted by an episode that promoted the widely discredited theory of " mass formation hypnosis". The statement didn't explain why Spotify had removed 20,000 podcast episodes that fell foul of their content guidelines, but not the episode of Rogan's podcast that had prompted the 270 medical professionals to complain. Spotify, which reportedly paid north of 100 million to secure the exclusive rights to Rogans podcast and said it has taken down more than 20,000 COVID-related podcast episodes, barely flinched. "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.
Young's back catalogue has now been removed from the platform.Ī spokesman for Spotify wrote, "We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users.
"I want you to let Spotify know immediately today that I want all my music off their platform,” he wrote. In an earlier, now-deleted post on his website (opens in new tab), Young had issued Spotify with an ultimatum.
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