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by toyg 2142 days ago
His position doesn't seem to be a blanket "e2e should be banned", but rather that social networks have a responsibility to police discourse on their platforms and they've used e2e as a mean to avoid that responsibility.

I personally think it's a red herring - even where there is no e2e, like on regular FB, it's extremely difficult to police user-generated content and fake news (a category that arguably includes TFA). This is just trying to whip up a storm against Gates.

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His position with respect to E2EE seems to be that social networks and other communication platforms shouldn't be allowed to have it.

It's pretty clear what his philosophical outlook is, and what he would say about ANY widely adopted use-cases of E2EE.