Joni Mitchell wants songs off Spotify in Covid row

Singer Joni Mitchell has joined Neil Young to ask Spotify to remove his music due to misinformation concerns about COVID-19.

"Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing lives," the Canadian singer said in a post on her official website.

On Monday, Young said the streaming platform would have to pick either him or podcaster Joe Rogan.

Rogan has been accused of spreading false information about Kovid.

In her message on Friday, Michelle, whose hits include Big Yellow Taxi, said she stands in solidarity with Canadian-American singer, Neil Young, and "the global scientific and medical communities."

Neil Young and Joni Mitchell have been friends for many years, and both have survived polio. They both contracted the disease in the early 1950s, shortly before the vaccine was available.

Unlike Young, Mitchell did not specifically name Mr. Rogan in his post.

However, she did include a link to an open letter signed by a group of scientists and medical professionals who criticized Spotify for hosting Rogan's podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.

The letter accuses Rogan of spreading a series of misleading claims and inciting mistrust in science and medicine.

It calls on Spotify to "take action against the rampant misinformation incidents that continue to occur on its platform".

Neil Young, the man behind classic hits like Harvest Moon and Heart of Gold, accused Spotify on Monday of "spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially causing the deaths of people he believes to be spread by them". He is going.

On Wednesday, Spotify agreed to remove its songs from the platform, and said it hoped to make a decision to return to the platform soon. It also defended its record in removing misinformation from the service.

"We have detailed content policies and have removed more than 20,000 COVID-related podcast episodes since the start of the pandemic."

The Joe Rogan Experience is Spotify's most popular podcast, reported to have 200 million downloads a month. The streaming platform is said to have paid $100m (£75m) for the rights to it.

In the past, Rogan has said that he is "not an anti-vax person," and believes vaccines are safe and encourages many people to get them.

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