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Can someone explain how encryption comes in play with social media moderation? I'd understand that from less technical 'thought leaders' but I imagine Bill is

• skybrian 6y ago
  Facebook has announced that they want to move to end-to-end encryption for messaging, similar to Whatsapp. This would mean that any moderation being done would have to happen on the device. But a company that's promising end-to-end encryption presumably wouldn't do that. That's kind of the point; switching to end-to-end encryption means the company is (supposedly) getting out of the moderation business, at least for these messages. The kind of thing to worry about is social media's role in encouraging mob violence, massacres, and genocide. I assume Bill Gates is taking a global perspective on this.