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"The World Health Organization chief has backed the veteran rock star Neil
Young in his dispute with the music streaming behemoth Spotify, thanking the
musician for “standing up against misinformation and inaccuracies” around Covid
vaccinations.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s director general, tweeted that “we all have a
role to play to end this pandemic and infodemic” – in particular social media
platforms.
Spotify has begun removing Young’s music from its platform after an ultimatum
issued by the star earlier this week to the company. Referring to controversial
podcasts by Joe Rogan hosted by Spotify, Young said: “They can have Rogan or
Young. Not both.”
Spotify swiftly made its choice, triggering an almighty storm over anti-vaccine
conspiracy theories, cancel culture and the policing of social media.
Many of Young’s fans and supporters of his stance called for a boycott of the
streaming platform, and for other artists to follow his lead. “I stand with
Neil Young” and “#CancelSpotify” became rallying calls on social media on
Thursday."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "@spotify is losing a lot of friends, me included. as
a result of this greed - that’s all it is - it can probably expect to be hit by
new EU laws soon…"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
