KIM PETERSEN—Rogan supports Spotify’s plan to put a disclaimer at the start of controversial episodes. For his part, Young denied pushing censorship. “I support free speech. I have never been in favor of censorship. Private companies have the right to choose what they profit from, just as I can choose not to have my music support a platform that disseminates harmful information.” Neil, you say you support free speech, but did you not just threaten Spotify because that platform allowed Joe Rogan to exercise his free speech?
Parler, Spotify, and now substack: The system goes after the few remaining free-speech zones on the internet
The persecution of Joe Rogan may be just the pretext to force new, independent platforms to bend a knee to the oligarchy's chosen narrative—or else.
