[nikhizzle]

Is this real news? I see no mentions of primary sources, and when I do a google search I find some much older articles with much more context and nuance.

I’m not sure I believe this in any way. It is taking quotes out of context, and creating an exaggeration.

[crmrc114]

So clicking the wired link in the post then doing ctrl+f I found where they are getting this from https://www.wired.com/story/bill-gates-on-covid-most-us-test...

I think wired is generally not out there trying to libel people. I am honesty curious why Gates has been out of the public sphere for over ten years but is suddenly out there shilling against crypto for 'the children'.

[victords]

He's not been really out of the public sphere.

He has always been involved in a number of social issues through his foundation and have been very vocal/public about them.

Maybe we're just hearing a bit more about him and his thoughts because he's involved in looking for a way out of Covid through his foundation, and has famously 'predicted' something like this.

[sequence7]

I had a look at that article but I couldn't find where in that article he is "shilling against crypto for 'the children'". Can you share a quote?

[m000]

There are these:

> When you have encrypted, there is no way to know what it is. I personally believe government should not allow those types of lies or fraud or child pornography.

> Being big in the social media business is no simple game, like the encryption issue.

Personally, I wouldn't call these quotes "shilling", but Gates does seem to have funny thoughts on encryption. Maybe half-baked, but he is smart enough to not voice half-baked thoughts on an interview.

However, I'm also sceptical about the type of "free speech" reclaimthenet.org is advocating. The tone of the article is very sensationalistic, focusing more on calling-out Gates, rather than debunking his thoughts.

[tfandango]

I thought he seemed pretty exasperated in that interview on corona response. Maybe he let his guard down, I was surprised to read the encryption stuff too.

[toyg]

I agree that this piece makes me file reclaimthenet.org under "fake-news spreading". I'm no Gates fan but I've rarely seen so much vitriol in so little space.