BySophie Curtis 8 DEC 2015
United States Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called on Bill Gates to shut down parts of the internet, to prevent radical extremists from spreading their ideas online.
During a campaign rally on Monday, Mr Trump suggested that closing the internet in some unspecified places will prevent people from connecting with and joining ISIS.
"We are losing a lot of people to the internet. We have to do something. We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening," he said.
"We have to talk to them [about], maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some way."
He added: "Some people will say, 'freedom of speech, freedom of speech'. These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people."
Bill Gates , the American business magnate and founder of Microsoft, is yet to reply to Mr Trump's call to action. However, since his interests lie more in philanthropy these days, he is unlikely to have an immediate solution.
As part of the same speech, Mr Trump called for a " total and complete shutdown " of all Muslims entering the United States.
The billionaire, already accused of a slew of racist comments during his campaign to be Republican candidate for President, claimed 51% of Muslims want to govern the US with Sharia law.
He also later picked a fight with Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos on twitter, accusing the company of not paying "fair taxes". Trump suggested that if Amazon did so, its "stock would crumble like a paper bag". Mirror
During a campaign rally on Monday, Mr Trump suggested that closing the internet in some unspecified places will prevent people from connecting with and joining ISIS.
"We are losing a lot of people to the internet. We have to do something. We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening," he said.
"We have to talk to them [about], maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some way."
He added: "Some people will say, 'freedom of speech, freedom of speech'. These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people."
Bill Gates , the American business magnate and founder of Microsoft, is yet to reply to Mr Trump's call to action. However, since his interests lie more in philanthropy these days, he is unlikely to have an immediate solution.
As part of the same speech, Mr Trump called for a " total and complete shutdown " of all Muslims entering the United States.
The billionaire, already accused of a slew of racist comments during his campaign to be Republican candidate for President, claimed 51% of Muslims want to govern the US with Sharia law.
He also later picked a fight with Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos on twitter, accusing the company of not paying "fair taxes". Trump suggested that if Amazon did so, its "stock would crumble like a paper bag". Mirror
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