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Prince Harry and Meghan Marke put pressure on Spotify to drop Joe Rogan:

• https://www.dailymail.co, By JAMES GANT

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have hit out at Spotify for hosting content with 'Covid misinformation' as the cancel mob try to remove vaccine-sceptic podcaster Joe Rogan.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex said they have reached out to the music streaming giants to 'express our concerns'.

But the couple have not split with the firm, instead saying they were 'committed to continuing our work together' as it addressed their issues.

It comes after their £18million pet project appeared to have suffered a blow, with Spotify reportedly taking production into its own hands.

A spokesman for the Sussexes said: 'Since the inception of [their non-profit organisation] Archewell, we have worked to address the real-time global misinformation crisis.

'Hundreds of millions of people are affected by the serious harms of mis- and disinformation every day.

'Last April, our co-founders began expressing concerns to our partners at Spotify about the all too real consequences of Covid misinformation on its platform.

'We have continued to express our concerns to Spotify to ensure changes to its platform are made to help address this public health crisis.

'We look to Spotify to meet this moment and are committed to continuing our work together as it does.'  

Bruce Springsteen guitarist and Neil Young bandmate Nils Lofgren also became the latest musician to take his solo work off the streaming service today.

He wrote in Young's newsletter that he was joining his bandmate in 'standing with hundreds of health care professionals, scientists, doctors and nurses' in criticising Spotify over its role in 'promoting lies and misinformation' regarding Covid. 


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