In another statement published on his website Wednesday, Young said he hopes that other musical artists and record companies “will move off the SPOTIFY platform and stop supporting SPOTIFY’S deadly misinformation about COVID.” “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. Young's letter was originally published on his website on Monday, but has since been removed. 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,” a spokesperson for Spotify told BuzzFeed News in a statement. “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music catalog at his request after he published an open letter demanding that the streaming giant address the vaccine misinformation being spread on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
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