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But since when does this warrant deplatforming? Censorship - or any suppression of speech by a public platform - is a lazy solution to COVID-19 misinformation, conspiracy theories and most other areas in which it comes into play. They signed a petition demanding that Spotify “take action against” Rogan’s spread of false claims about vaccines and COVID-19, which “damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals.” There is no doubt in my mind that spreading false medical claims and sowing distrust in public health does more harm than good. But is that enough to silence Rogan’s perspective?Ģ70 doctors, researchers and public health officials think so. To me, they come across as paranoid and idiotic. He has framed Ivermectin as an entirely effective treatment against COVID-19 - it probably isn’t. He has stated that the risk of myocarditis is higher in the vaccinated than those with COVID-19 - a point he was proven wrong about on his own show, so maybe discourse isn’t a myth after all. He has promoted the idea that young people don’t need to get vaccinated - in actuality, it slows the spread of the virus if they do get vaccinated. It is important to recognize the specific claims on Rogan’s podcast that have been labeled as misinformation.

And after recovering slightly from my devastation over the disappearance of Young’s music from Spotify, I began to think about the broader trend we are seeing of calls to censor right-wing pundits and their sympathizers over misinformation.

I could probably write 35 pages only on his music, but it might be regarded as the most boring letter The Occidental has ever received.

His droning guitar solos and borderline whine have sat passenger seat to my entire young adult life. Listening to Young’s music on the platform has been one of the only constants in my life since I was 14.

As soon as Young released his statement, in which he protested the COVID-19 misinformation being advanced by Rogan, there was little doubt in my mind that his life’s work would soon be removed from Spotify. When rock icon Neil Young called on Spotify to choose between streaming his work or podcaster Joe Rogan’s, my first thoughts were not about COVID-19 rhetoric but simply Neil Young.