EXCERPT:
FERGUSON: “A virulent conspiracy theory emerged during the pandemic, that you were using vaccines, using the vaccine rollout to control people, even to the extent of people claiming you wanted to insert chips inside them. Now a lot of those ideas were spread by tech companies, by platforms owned by tech companies. Did you ever complain to them about those debates going on, unchecked?”
GATES: “Yeah, I mean, I think every time the questions asked it helps spread the rumor. So you know, maybe I should complain even more, but I certainly point out false stories when they're -- they're published --”
FERGUSON: “Did you --”
GATES: “-- or even people who highlight sort of almost silly misinformation.”
FERGUSON: “But did you talk to the tech companies about how those debates were being carried out?”
GATES: “Yeah, there's a constant dialogue of anybody who gets, you know, this crazy stuff published, of going to the digital platforms and saying, you know, 'Hey, look at this, look at that.'”