Bill Gates defends Trump's return to Twitter despite his "corrosive" ideas

At a time when the thinking of opinion leaders is so important, what they write on social media and the role they play in transmitting information on sensitive issues is a debate that is on the agenda. Recently, former President of the United States Donald Trump was banned from Twitter, but Bill Gates believes that suspending his account does not seem to be the right solution.

In an interview with Fox News, the founder of Microsoft believes that the indefinite suspension of Trump's Twitter account after the attack on the Capitol is not a good thing, although the words and opinions expressed by the former US President over the past four years have been “ corrosive ”.

For Bill Gates, the idea of ​​permanently suspending an account is debatable, since this action contributes to the polarization of citizens on social networks. For this reason, the philanthropist has defended the creation of an “exchange of ideas and thoughts” and social networks that serve as a “common base”.

In other words, Gates wants to keep what social media has to offer and prevent it from spreading “violence, vaccine denial (against covid-19) or the Holocaust”. "There has to be some way to keep the debate open without the corrupt parties," said the founder of Microsoft in the same interview.

It is not the first time that Gates has defended the need for Donald Trump to recover his Twitter account, an application where many opinion leaders publicize their political, social or economic ideas.