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Rogan responds to Spotify protest, COVID advisories

By JAKE COYLE statement. "We have con-
AP Film Writer tinued to express our con-
NEW YORK (AP) — Following cerns to Spotify to ensure
protests of Spotify kicked changes to its platform are
off by Neil Young over the made to help address this
spread of COVID-19 vac- public health crisis. We look
cine misinformation, the to Spotify to meet this mo-
music streaming service ment and are committed
said that it will add content to continuing our work to-
advisories before podcasts gether as it does."
discussing the virus. Earlier Sunday, Nils Lofgren,
In a post Sunday, Spotify the Bruce Springsteen gui-
chief executive Daniel Ek tarist and a member of
laid out more transparent Crazy Horse, a frequent
platform rules given the collaborator with Young,
backlash stirred by Young, said he was joining Young's
who on Wednesday had Spotify revolt. Lofgren said
his music removed from he had already had the
Spotify after the tech giant last 27 years of his music
declined to get rid of epi- removed and requested
sodes of "The Joe Rogan Ex- labels with his earlier music
perience," which has been to do likewise.
criticized for spreading virus "We encourage all musi-
misinformation. cians, artists and music lov-
"Personally, there are plen- ers everywhere to stand
ty of individuals and views with us and cut ties with
on Spotify that I disagree Spotify," wrote Lofgren in a
with strongly," wrote Ek. "It This combination photo shows Neil Young in Calabasas, Calif., on May 18, 2016, left, and UFC an- statement.
is important to me that we nouncer and podcaster Joe Rogan before a UFC on FOX 5 event in Seattle, Dec. 7, 2012. On Friday, Joni Mitchell said
don't take on the position Associated Press she is seeking to remove
of being content censor all of her music from Spo-
while also making sure that have conversations on his ed that he earlier sat down Britain's Prince Harry and his tify in solidarity with Young.
there are rules in place and podcast with people who on the show with Dr. Sanjay wife, Meghan, Duchess of Earlier, hundreds of scien-
consequences for those have "differing opinions." Gupta, the chief medical Sussex, who have signed a tists, professors and public
who violate them." "I'm not trying to promote correspondent for CNN, Dr. multi-year deal to produce health experts called on
Ek said that the advisories misinformation, I'm not try- Michael Osterholm, who is and host podcasts for Spo- Spotify "to immediately es-
will link to Spotify's fact- ing to be controversial," Ro- a member of President Joe tify under their production tablish a clear and public
based COVID-19 hub in gan said. "I've never tried to Biden's COVID-19 advisory company Archewell Audio, policy to moderate misin-
what he described as a do anything with this pod- board, and Dr. Peter Ho- on Sunday urged Spotify to formation on its platform."
"new effort to combat mis- cast other than to just talk tez from Baylor College of tame virus misinformation. Their criticism focused on a
information." It will roll out in to people." Medicine. "Last April, our co-founders Dec. 31 episode from "The
the coming days, Ek said. He also said that he sched- Rogan additionally wel- began expressing con- Joe Rogan Experience" in
He did not specifically ref- ules the guests on his pod- comed the idea of adding cerns to our partners at which Rogan featured Dr.
erence Rogan or Young. cast himself, and that he advisories before podcasts Spotify about the all too Robert Malone, an infec-
Rogan responded to the would try to book doctors related to COVID-19. real consequences of CO- tious-disease specialist who
fallout on Sunday, saying with different opinions right "Sure, have that on there. VID-19 misinformation on has been banned from
in a video on Instagram after he talks to "the con- I'm very happy with that," its platform," an Archewell Twitter for spreading COV-
that he was only seeking to troversial ones." Rogan not- he said. spokesperson said in a ID-19.q

#MeToo protest in Amsterdam after allegations at TV show

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Hun- two panelists who have calls in the Netherlands for
dreds of people protested appeared on the show in more action to make work-
Saturday in Amsterdam in recent years and its pianist places safer for women.
a #MeToo demonstration and band leader of inap- Labor union FNV said this
sparked by allegations of propriate and unwanted week that "nearly five
sexual impropriety linked sexual advances. years after #MeToo, shock-
to a popular Dutch TV tal- The two coaches, both ingly little has changed in
ent show. popular Dutch performers, tackling workplace sexual
The demonstration on Am- have denied wrongdoing. intimidation" and called on
sterdam's Museumplein The bandleader apolo- the government to tighten
square was organized fol- gized and resigned from laws.
lowing reports of sexual the show. FNV vice president Kitty
harassment, ranging from While a number of women Jong said that the alle-
WhatsApp messages to an have made complaints to gations about "The Voice
allegation of rape, linked law enforcement authori- Of Holland" clearly show
Hundreds of people protested in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in a #MeToo demonstration sparked to "The Voice of Holland." ties, prosecutors have not "that women in vulnerable
by allegations of sexual improprieties linked to a popular The popular show was tak- yet announced whether positions have too few re-
Dutch TV talent show. en off the air two weeks they will charge anybody. sources to address sexual
Associated Press ago after women accused The scandal has led to harassment."q