Stanford classmates say Gates' startup under investigation for cookie-stuffing

Stanford classmates say Gates' startup under investigation for cookie-stuffing

Phoebe Gates' Stanford classmates said she never enrolled in computer-science classes, and her startup Phia was under investigation for alleged cookie- stuffing, according to Page Six. Earlier reporting by The Cut said Bloomberg had found that Phia's founders deliberately implemented software that generated commissions on sales the platform did not actually drive, a practice classified as wire fraud. Gizmodo later noted that Bloomberg’s investigation indicated Gates had known about the cookie- stuffing feature months before the report and had promoted it.

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Phoebe Gates Sophia Kianni Phia Bloomberg

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Stanford, California, United States

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Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe's Stanford classmates say she wasn't a good coder
Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe's Stanford classmates say she wasn't a good coder

Page Six • 14 août 22h24

Classmates at Stanford reported that Phoebe Gates did not take computer-science courses, raising questions about her technical background while her company Phia is under investigation for alleged cookie-stuffing practices.

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Phoebe Gates’s Phia Drama Is Getting Even Stickier
Phoebe Gates’s Phia Drama Is Getting Even Stickier

The Cut • 13 août 16h19

Bloomberg reports that Phia's founders knowingly implemented software that generated commissions on sales the platform did not actually drive, a practice classified as wire fraud in the United States.

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Bill Gates' Daughter Knew For Months That Her App Claimed Sales It Didn't Drive, Report Claims
Bill Gates' Daughter Knew For Months That Her App Claimed Sales It Didn't Drive, Report Claims

Gizmodo • 12 août 22h34

Bloomberg’s latest investigation says Phia’s founders were aware of, and promoted, a cookie-stuffing function that falsely claimed sales, contradicting the company’s earlier claim it was a software bug.

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