Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has announced that she’s removing all her music from Spotify. On her website, she published a short statement saying “irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives.” She added that she stands with “Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” While Mitchell didn’t mention COVID-19 or Joe Rogan in particular, she linked to an open letter to Spotify from a group of scientists and doctors criticizing the host for “repeatedly spread[ing] misleading and false claims on his podcast, provoking distrust in science and medicine” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
A few days ago, Young threatened to exit the platform and told his team that it was because “Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines.” He also said that Spotify can have “[Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both.” Mitchell and…
