[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Remove racist and conspiracy theorist Joe Rogan's
podcast from Spotify now!

Dear MoveOn member,

Spotify has an incredible number of podcasts, albums, and news sources
available on its platform. But Spotify has an issue with disinformation
and extremism. The streaming service's No. 1 podcaster –– with his own,
exclusive $100 million deal –– is none other than the racist, transphobic,
conspiracy theorist Joe Rogan.

Last week, singer Neil Young penned an open letter to Spotify saying he
would take his music off the platform if they didn't remove Rogan's
podcast, and Joni Mitchell did the same thing this weekend, demanding her
music be taken down from the streaming service. After Spotify announced
they're going forward with removing Young's music, #SpotifyDeleted trended
for hours on Twitter.^1 The moment to act is now. 

Tell Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek: Stop the spread of disinformation and remove
"The Joe Rogan Experience."

[2]Sign UltraViolet's petition

By giving a platform to Joe Rogan and his show, "The Joe Rogan
Experience," Spotify is handing a mic to an anti-vax,^2 white supremacist,
and his guests, to speak at length about their life-threatening lies and
conspiracy theories to millions of listeners who come across the podcast
every day. It's time Spotify listened to its users and our demands.
Spotify must be a space for sharing ideas, stories, and music, not deadly
disinformation about COVID, hate and bigotry.

Sign on to demand Spotify remove "The Joe Rogan Experience" and implement
policies explicitly banning hate, disinformation, and misogyny.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.

Thanks!

—Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet

Sources:

1. "#SpotifyDeleted trending amid the platform's Neil Young Dilemma,"
Bloomberg, January 27, 2022.
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2. "A Menace to Public Health: Doctors Demand Spotify Puts an End to Covid
Lies on 'Joe Rogan Experience," Rolling Stone, January 12, 2022
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