THE BEAST SYSTEM

Bill Gates pushes for digital IDs to tackle ‘misinformation’ and curb free speech. Bill Gates has evidenced, both directly and through his foundation, an intense desire to shape public health, the news landscape, education policy, AI, insect populations, American farmland, the energy sector, foreign policy, and the earth itself. He recently hinted that he would also like to see free speech and engagements online shaped to his liking. CNET asked Gates about what to do about “misinformation” — a topic explored in his forthcoming Netflix docuseries and some of his blog posts. The billionaire answered that there will be “systems and behaviors” in place to expose content originators. Gates suggested that the “boundary between … crazy but free speech versus misleading people in a dangerous way or inciting them is a very tough boundary.”