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Neil Young poses for a portrait at Lost Planet Editorial in Santa Monica, Calif. on Sept. 9, 2019. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP, File)

(NEXSTAR) Singer Neil Young reportedly asked for his songs to be removed from Spotify, a streaming service for music and podcasts, over false information about vaccines.

In an open letter posted to his website, Young called on his management team and record label to remove his music, Rolling Stone and Stereogum report. As of Monday evening, the letter appeared to have been removed from Youngs site.

According to reports, Young wrote, Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them.

He added that Spotify can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both, Rolling Stone reports.

Recently, 270 health care professionals signed an open letter to Spotify calling for the service to take action against the misinformation being shared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

By allowing the propagation of false and societally harmful assertions, Spotify is enabling its hosted media to damage public trust in scientific research and sow doubt in the credibility of data-driven guidance offered by medical professionals,the letterstated.

Health care professionals highlighted an episode featuring virologist Robert Malone, who they say promotes misinformation about COVID-19. This episodehas been heavily criticized by many experts for remarksregarding the pandemic and how the coronavirus impacts people, especially those who are younger, The Hill reports.

One of the doctors who signed the letter, Dr. Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health, told On Balance that they were not calling for censorship or removal of the podcast. Instead, they want Spotify to create a policy on how to moderate misinformation.

As of Monday evening, both Youngs music and Rogans podcast are available on Spotify. Youngs label Warner Records and Spotify did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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