>> AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO
SHARE ABOUT 6 A BAKER MACHADO
IN NEW YORK WE SAW YET ANOTHER
CHAPTER IN THE BIG TECH CAPITOL
HILL RELATIONSHIP PLAY OUT
THIS WEEK AS THE HEAD OF
INSTAGRAM ADAM AZERI TESTIFIED
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMERCE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
CONSUMER PROTECTION. AND HE
FACED A LITANY OF QUESTIONS
FROM SENATORS NOW MUCH OF THE
FOCUS WAS ON INSTAGRAM IMPACT
OF
YOUNG USERS IN THEIR PLANS TO
IMPLEMENT BETTER PARENTAL
CONTROLS SO JOINING US NOW IS
SENATOR MARSHA BLACKBURN
REPUBLICAN
OF TENNESSEE. IT ALSO THE
RANKING MEMBER OF THE SENATE
COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
CONSUMER PROTECTION. I SENATOR
ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK
HERE ON CHEDDAR NEWS WE HAVE
SEEN THESE HEARINGS A LOT OVER
THE LAST YEARS YOU'VE BEEN A
PART OF THEM AS WELL
BEFORE WE GET TO ANY OF THE
SPECIFICS WAS THE MISSOURI
HEARING BROADLY WHAT YOU
EXPECTED OR HOPED THAT WOULD BE
BASED ON THE PREVIOUS TESTIMONY
WE'VE HAD FROM MARK ZUCKERBERG
DOWN THE ROAD IN THE PAST.
>> THIS WAS THE 4TH TIME I'VE
SPOKEN WITH SOMEBODY AS THEY
NOW CALL THEMSELVES. AND IT WAS
OUR 5TH HEARING THAT WE HAVE
DONE ON BIG TECH
AND IT SOME DISAPPOINTING TO
SEE THAT INSTAGRAM CAYMAN THEY
DID
NOT HAVE SPECIFICS THEY DIDN'T
HAVE SOME OF THE STATS WE HAVE
ASKED FOR
THE PAST, YES THEY DIDN'T BRING
SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WE KNOW
THAT THEY HAVE.
WE HAVE I HEARD FROM PEOPLE
THAT INSTAGRAM AND FROM THE
WHISTLEBLOWER SAYING DOCUMENTS
WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE STARTED
A CHILDREN AS YOUNG
AS 8. WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT
DOING INSTAGRAM CAN'T WE KNOW
THIS AIN'T RIGHT. EARLY MARKET
TO MINORS. WE WANTED
TO KNOW
HOW LONG THEY HOLD THIS MARCH
AND I THINK THIS DATA IT THAT
THEY'RE GIVING TO
THESE MARGINS AND WE ALSO
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEIR
REVENUE NUMBERS ARE HOW MUCH
MONEY ARE THEY MAKING
OUR CHILDREN SENATOR KLOBUCHAR
ARE EVEN BROUGHT UP IN HER
REMARKS, YOU KNOW OUR CHILDREN
ARE NOT
CASH COWS. AND IT IS
SO HIM IMPORTANT THAT THEIR
PRIVACY BE PROTECTED SO
DISAPPOINTING THAT THERE WERE
NOT SPECIFICS.
>> YEAH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF
REALLY INTERESTING REVELATIONS
NAMELY YOUR TEAM BASICALLY
CREATING A COUNT THAT BECAME
PUBLIC INSTEAD OF PRIVATE INTO
YOU TO BASICALLY GET HIM TO
RESPOND TO THAT ALSO BUT I ALSO
THINK SENATOR IT WAS REVEALING
THAT HE BASICALLY
DIDN'T COMMIT TO ENDING
INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS HE WAS SORT
OF A GUN BASICALLY STILL
POTENTIALLY KEEPING
AN OPEN. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION
TO THAT AND DOES THAT SORT OF
FORCE YOU TO THINK THAT WE NEED
TO DO SOMETHING NOW THEN
BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE COMING
DOWN THE ROAD HERE SO YEAH.
>> YES, IT DOES AND SENATOR
BLUMENTHAL AND I'VE BEEN
VERY SPECIFIC WITH INSTAGRAM
THAT AND INSTAGRAM FOR KIDS SHE
IS
AN APPROPRIATE MARKETING TO
CHILDREN THAT ARE UNDER 18
YEARS OF AGE THAT IS
AN APPROPRIATE AND THE WAY THEY
ARE TARGETING AND DATA MINING
THAT AND HE WAS VERY THAT
A SIEVE ON WHAT THEY WERE GOING
TO DO WITH THAT TOPIC I TOLD
HIM THAT I THOUGHT CHILDREN
UNDER 16, WE OUGHT NOT TO BE ON
THEIR
PLATFORM BECAUSE AS YOU
MENTIONED TO MY TEAM HAD
CREATED A A HYPOTHETICAL
15 YEAR-OLD AND IT WAS A
STANDING WITHIN 7 INCH OF
PUTTING THAT OUT.
WHY YOU WHAT
THAT HYPOTHETICAL 15 YEAR-OLD
WAS
EXPOSED TO AND THEN ANOTHER
MEMBER SENATOR LEE MENTION THAT
THEY HAD CREATED A HYPOTHETICAL
14 YEAR-OLD GIRL
AND THEN THEY FOLLOW YOU KNOW
IT GIVES YOU ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
SO THAT FOLLOWED A
14 YEAR-OLD HYPOTHETICAL GIRL
FOLLOWED A CELEBRITY. AND
SECOND. IT. HER FATE WAS
POPULATED WITH INFORMATION
ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS.
BODY IMAGE THINGS OF THIS
NATURE AND WHAT WE
KNOW IT THAT FROM PARENTS AND
TEACHERS AND PEDIATRICIANS WE
ARE HEARING ABOUT THAT AT FIRST
MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS, THE
ADVERSE IMPACT
ON CHILDREN. WE ARE HEARING
FROM PARENTS ABOUT IT
SAID DISTRESS IF THEY SEE AND
THEIR OWN CHILDREN THE ANXIETY
THERE WITH
SOME DRAWL FROM THE AIR
FRANCE BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF
SOCIAL MEDIA I HAVE TALKED TO
SO MANY PARENTS,
HIS CHILDREN HAVE ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE WHO HAVE HAD TO.
FOR
DEPRESSION BECAUSE OF THE
IMPACT IS A SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT
LIKEWISE WE'VE HEARD FROM SO
MANY PARENTS ABOUT PREDATORS
AND PEDOPHILES
THAT FOLLOWED THEIR TRY TO
CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
THEIR CHILDREN. DRUG DRUG
DEALERS THAT HAVE COME INTO
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHILDREN BUT
BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
AND
UNFORTUNATELY INSTAGRAM
THEY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS,
THEY KNOW THIS IS TAKING PLACE.
YES SATURDAY
>> AND THEY DON'T STOP IT, YES,
SENATOR WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE
MORE QUESTION I REALLY WANT TO
ASK YOU THIS BECAUSE ADAM
MISSOURI HAD SUGGESTED
POTENTIALLY IN
INDUSTRY BODY. THAT WOULD
BASICALLY DEVELOP THE BEST
PRACTICES MAY BE TO OVERSEE A
LOT OF THE SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANIES. WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION TO THAT AND YOU THINK
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT
COULD POTENTIALLY BE
IMPLEMENTED HERE.
>> NOW WE ASKED HIM TO DO
IS ASK OR I FILED MY FIRST
PRIVACY BILL IN 2012.
WE SAID WHAT DO YOU DO THIS
THEY HAVE HAD A DECADE TO DO
THIS AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT
TO DO IT
SO NAIL THAT WE ARE THAT
SENATOR BLUMENTHAL AND I ARE IN
THE PROCESS
OF WRITING PRIVACY CHILDREN'S
PRIVACY DATA SECURITY SECTION 2
30 REFORM LEGISLATION NOW
THEY'RE SAYING A LOT HAS TO DO
IT. BUT WE KNOW THAT TRUST US
WE'VE ASKED THEY HAVE
REPEATEDLY OVER THE PAST DECADE
TO DO THIS THEY HAVE NOT DONE