Bill Gates
Bill Gates: Big Tech companies “doing more now” to address “wild stories” about vaccines
Gates questioned whether such stories would affect mask wearing and willingness to take the vaccine.
Bill Gates calls for Big Tech to implement “smart solutions” that slow the spread of misinformation
Gates calls for more censorship.
Bill Gates: There needs to be a “discussion” about how social media can stop spreading “crazy” conspiracies
Yet, Gates is also skeptical of official advice from the CDC and, online, people are being censored for going against the CDC.
Bill Gates advocates for stopping end-to-end encryption (to tackle “misinformation”)
The billionnaire isn’t happy private messages can’t be policed.
Bill Gates loves Twitter’s “block all replies” feature
The feature undermines the point of Twitter.
WhatsApp introduces search prompts to crack down on viral “misinformation”
WhatsApp will now encourage users to “double check” certain messages via search.
Bill Gates: with private messaging we can’t “intervene” in removing conspiracies and “misinformation”
Bill Gates has some words on end-to-end encryption being able to bypass censorship.
The 2009 hacks that led to Twitter settling with the FTC share many parallels with the recent Twitter hacks
The settlement was in relation to two 2009 hacks where intruders compromised and tweeted from several high profile accounts including the account of then-President-elect Barack Obama.
Digital ID, Bill Gates vaccine record, and payments system combo to be trialed in Africa
A potential to raise eyebrows for privacy and civil liberty concerns.
Bill Gates: can social media platforms be more helpful in curbing “misinformation” and “crazy ideas”?
Gates doesn’t understand why the rumors spread.
Firm secures deal to supply 15 countries with coronavirus digital “health passports”
The introduction of these were recently called a “conspiracy theory.”
Bill Gates to invest $6B in “next-generation quarantine methods” and symptom surveillance tech
The project is to be trialed in South Korea.