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