Bill Gates' Daughter Reveals Friends Cut Her Off Over COVID Conspiracies

Phoebe Gates discusses personal fallout from vaccine rumors in new Netflix docuseries with her father.

Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill Gates, shared that some friends distanced themselves due to COVID-19 conspiracy theories about her father.
These conspiracy theories falsely claimed Bill Gates used the pandemic to insert microchips into vaccines for tracking purposes.
In the Netflix series 'What's Next? The Future With Bill Gates,' Phoebe and Bill discuss the impact of misinformation and the challenges of digital communication.
Phoebe, a Stanford graduate and co-founder of the fashion tech platform Phia, is also an advocate for women's rights and reproductive health.
Bill Gates acknowledges the need to better understand the spread of online misinformation and its effects on public trust.