Neil Young’s music will be removed from Spotify at his request, following the veteran rock star’s protest over the streaming service airing a popular podcast that featured a figure criticized for spreading COVID misinformation. The statement concludes: 'We look to Spotify to meet this moment and are committed to continuing our work together as it does.' Brene Brown stops Spotify-exclusive content

We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis.' 'Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of COVID-19 misinformation on its platform. Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the serious harms of rampant mis- and disinformation every day,' a statement from an Archewell spokesperson to FOX News Digital read.

'Since the inception of Archewell, we have worked to address the real-time global misinformation crisis. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex signed a deal with the popular music and podcast streamer in 2020 that has them producing content for the platform through Archewell Audio, a branch of their larger Archewell brand. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have expressed their concerns over the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on Spotify, where they have a podcasting deal. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle express ‘concerns’ Regardless, a number of high-profile musicians, podcasters and other users have criticized the audio streaming service with some even severing ties. False suggestions that injecting bleach could fight the virus, that COVID-19 wasn’t real or that vaccines could be deadly were among those removed from the platform. The company says it has a team of experts that reviews content, and it’s removed if the information presented can cause harm or pose a direct threat to public health. RELATED: Report: Spotify lost over $2B after Neil Young pulls music Spotify previously said in a statement that '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.' The specific podcast in question was not addressed in this statement. Thursday, warning people of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.Įk also said the company will begin 'testing ways to highlight our Platform Rules in our creator and publisher tools to raise awareness around what’s acceptable and help creators understand their accountability.' President Biden’s surgeon general issued his first formal advisory to the U.S. Surgeon general issues advisory on COVID-19 misinformation

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