He has that right, absolutely. But it still concerns me that he thinks he has the right to dictate how and what other consume. Because it's potentially a short step from there to things like book burning. Young specifically asked Spotify to choose between him and Rogan and that's wrong in my view.
Joni Mitchell took a more measured approach, in which she avoided the 'him or me' scenario but referred to the open letter written by a large group of scientists and medical people.
Open Letter
In its final paragraph, that says "
We, the undersigned doctors, nurses, scientists, and educators thus call on Spotify to immediately establish a clear and public policy to moderate misinformation on its platform." That's a much more nuanced approach, requesting them to moderate any misinformation, an approach I 100% agree with. Spotify do have a moderation policy; it's not a free-for-all and I think they probably got that Malone episode wrong. That's not to say they should censor it completely but should make it clear, as Facebook and Twitter did with Trump, that's it's a very contentious view that appears to be unsupported by evidence.
Rogan himself has claimed he's not anti-vax but he believes that the young and healthy don't need the vaccine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56948665 Note that he explicitly says this: "
I'm not a doctor," he said. "I'm not a respected source of information, even for me."
I'm a great believer in critical thinking, where people review ALL the available data or opinions then come to their own view. I don't agree with the view that "He's wrong, and because he's wrong, while there's an opportunity to listen to him (whether you want to or not) you can't listen to me."
