


(Ek didn't mention Rogan by name in his post.) Last week, rock ‘n’ roll legend Neil Young requested that his music be taken off of Spotify, in protest of COVID-19 misinformation spread on "The Joe Rogan Experience," a very popular podcast that the streaming service reportedly paid $100 million dollars for the exclusive rights to. What Ek didn’t mention is why he had to take this step. This, in turn, led to questions around their application to serious issues including COVID-19.” “We have had rules in place for many years but admittedly, we haven’t been transparent around the policies that guide our content more broadly. “You’ve had a lot of questions over the last few days about our platform policies and the lines we have drawn between what is acceptable and what is not,” Ek wrote. In his statement, Ek acknowledged, to an extent, the firestorm the company currently finds itself in. Repeated or egregious violations may result in accounts being suspended and/or terminated.” Spotify Under Fire Later in the document, Spotify clarifies that “breaking the rules may result in the violative content being removed from Spotify. promoting or hosting “coronavirus parties”) encouraging people to purposely get infected with COVID-19 in order to build immunity to it (e.g.promoting or suggesting that vaccines approved by local health authorities are designed to cause death.encouraging the consumption of bleach products to cure various illnesses and diseases.

asserting that AIDS, COVID-19, cancer or other serious life threatening diseases are a hoax or not real.
