[ACS_Solver]

That's not how I read it. The quote is Gates talking about Facebook. My interpretation isn't that he's saying E2EE is bad, but rather he's saying that E2EE is a convenient way for Facebook to avoid/deny responsibility for things being spread through parts of the platform that they own.

[CryptoPunk]

I can't see any implication from that position with respect to E2EE except that these platforms shouldn't be allowed to have it.

[coldcode]

Exactly right. This is not a story but blowing a quote out of context into something that it is not.