The Daily Show: Ears Edition - ICYMI - Adam Mosseri on How Instagram Is Responding to the Coronavirus

Episode Date: April 4, 2020

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri explains how the company is reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic, encouraging social distancing efforts and combating misinformation on the platform. Learn more about your ad-...choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:01:28 on Apple podcasts starting September 17. What's going on, everybody? Trevinoa here, host of the Daily Show, coming to you from quarantine. How you all doing? I'm gonna be chatting to Mr. Moseri, Adam Osseri, the head of Instagram. Mr. Mossary, how you doing? Good, how are you doing? I mean, I could be better. I think everyone could be better. How are you? Hanging in there, I think it's how I would put it. Yeah. Is this,
Starting point is 00:01:59 is this what Instagram was made for? Were you guys planning this from the beginning? Is that one day we were all going to be trapped indoors? We all have to look at pictures of each other while we find stay sane? Not exactly. I do think we were, I think Instagram was made to bring people together for sure, but we certainly did not think about this insane situation that we find ourselves in today. Let me ask you a few questions be just in and around what's happening now. This is one of the strangest times we've ever been in. And I'm reading some of the questions people have in the comments here. And one of the big things that Instagram has the power to do is connect people with each other, but it also has the ability to connect people with information.
Starting point is 00:02:41 You know, we see nurses on Instagram, we see doctors on Instagram telling us what they need. Some of the first videos about coronavirus came out on Instagram, you know, whether it was doctors in China, whether it was doctors in Italy, they were showing us what was going on on the ground. What is Instagram doing to try and piece all of this information together so we can separate fact from fiction? At a high level just generally related to COVID-19 and the crisis around the pandemic, we're trying to keep people safe and bring people together. And most of keeping people safe is around getting access to good information.
Starting point is 00:03:12 So we actually put a banner at the top of Instagram for everyone worldwide, pointing them to different local health organizations, like here in the US, the CDC to get good accurate information about the virus. That's the kind of thing that we never actually do. We're trying to raise awareness to the stay home sticker, which people are using is to encourage people to stay home, because it's one of the best pieces of advice that you can give. And it's more meaningful coming from people you follow, than coming million times so far which has been exciting to see. And then try to make sure that bad information, any risky information that's missing from Instagram entirely. Have I lost?
Starting point is 00:03:52 Have I lost the time? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I'm, I see you. Get my back? Yeah, I lost you for a second. You were talking about misinformation. I also try to make to make to make to make to make to make try to make sure we remove any misinformation related to COVID-19 that's dangerous.
Starting point is 00:04:08 You know, you see these terrible pranks like drink bleach and it'll cure you kind of stuff, so getting that stuff off the platform entirely. Right. This is also a strange time because like on the one hand you have people who are people who are stressed out, afraid, etc. And then it feels like this is one of those moments where social media can be the best thing or the worst thing. Some people are being crazy and angry online and then other people are creating memes. You know, like you said, there's all these challenges, the push-up challenge, people are singing at home. Is Instagram working to amplify this content? Are you trying to bring people together behind these common causes or is it just happening organically and you're just letting it go? A lot of it's happening organically. We're trying to figure out how we can help amplify it and how we can do things really quickly. And normally if we
Starting point is 00:04:55 have an idea, like we're seeing all these amazing lives happen right now. You saw John Legend and Chrissy Tegan do a wedding for their daughter Luna's like stuffed animals over the weekend. Like these things are amazing. We're trying to figure out how we can amplify that. Normally we would try and build something inside Instagram so you can go and sort of see what's coming up. But there's no time. So we're using the ad Instagram account in that case, which has a lot of followers, hundreds of millions of followers, to push out information about what we see coming up. So in general, we're just trying to figure out how we can duct tape solutions together
Starting point is 00:05:28 quickly to try and amplify the good that's happening on the platform, as opposed to building things that might take weeks, given that how pressing the need is right now, I think to help out. Can you, do you see a world where the world where where where the world, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, the world, thea, the, the, thee, thee, thee, thee, that, thee, that, that, that, that, that, that, thin, thin, thin, that, thin, thin, thin, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, tap, tap, tap, can, tap, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, tap, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tape, tap Are you guys working on something for the future? Because we don't know how long we're going to be indoors. Are you sending something that, you know, that could be released in a few months? Is there like a new type of Instagram if we just, we're just stuck inside for a few months? Maybe. I mean, we're seeing people people are messaging way more, they're going live way more. You see this, it varies from country to country, which those are pretty consistent trends. But we're also just trying to figure out what can we do in a matter of weeks, not just days, given the challenge is going to be, they're going to be great and they're going to take time. Even if we come out of
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Starting point is 00:07:09 Is that like a filter we could tag on Instagram where we say, hey, we just, you know, we don't want to see or hear anything negative? Is that a possibility? That's not quite there. But you can block certain comments, certain words, which is pretty valuable for certain people, but no, that's not nearly as ambitious as what you're talking about. We're thinking more along the lines of getting people emotional support,
Starting point is 00:07:30 again, making sure that they can have a network to lean on if they're in times of crisis. What does that mean when you say that? Because, You know, I've talked about how hard it can be to cope with anxiety or depression. You know, how during times like this, one of the hardest things is to not maintain contact with the people you normally do. What is the Instagram doing to help with that?
Starting point is 00:07:54 Because on the one hand with Instagram, as you guys have to balance the world of making people, you have to much time on Instagram, but now people have to spend more time on these platforms to connect with people. So how are you helping people maintain their mental health? Well, a few different things. I think the most important thing is this helping people connect with their loved ones so that they really care about. If you're separated, I mean my brother lives in LAA, my sister lives in Berlin. I'm really close to both of them. I use Instagram to stay in toucest with them. But beyond that, we're trying to, we're seeing other things happen. We're seeing mental
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Starting point is 00:09:12 Four, NICO is four and Blazes two. And then the other one is gonna, what is it April? It's almost April, so it's gonna be born in the middle of all of this. How do you explain to your four-year-old why you can't leave the house and live your normal life? It's tough. I've tried. I explained that there is a, he doesn't understand the word disease. So there's like a sickness that's spreading around.
Starting point is 00:09:38 And it happens, you know, usually when people sneeze and that sort of thing and so we want to stay clear just to be safe for a while. He really, he's got a lot of energy though, so he's gonna explode pretty soon. Right, so. But I think there's a lot of parents out there, particularly if you're working right now and you've little kids and you don't have any child care, you're moonlight in your job, you're trying to call on the meetings during the meetings, the meetings, the meetings, the meetings, the meetings, the meetings, to the meetings, to the meetings, the meetings, to the meetings, to the meetings, the meetings, to to the meetings, the meeting, to thin, to to to to to to to be too, too, to thrown, too, too, too, too, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th, th, th.., th, th., th., th., th., th., the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, throwne, their, their, they.e, they.e.e.e.ean, throwne, throwne, throwne, throwne, throwne, thrown you're trying to be a parent at home school. It's just wild. Right. But also, if you're single and you live in a tiny little apartment in New York where things are pretty rough right now and you're incredibly isolated, that's also really brutal.
Starting point is 00:10:14 So it's all, everyone's dealing with their own challenges. I've got some questions from the community that are really interesting. And remember guys, this is Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor Trevor th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, I, I, I'm th. th. th. And, if th. And, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if, if you, if you, if you, if you, if you, if you, if you, if you, if you're, if you're the the the the the the the th. the the the th. the the the the the th. th. the th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. thi. th. th. th. really interesting. And remember, guys, this is Trevor Noah here, host of the Daily Show. I'm chatting to Adam Osseri here, who is the head of Instagram. So if you have any questions for any of us, just send them through and I'll ask them. I've got a few that I've pulled up here from the people. Does Instagram connect users to local opportunities if they want to volunteer or donate? Is Instagram, is there any part of the platform that helps you find these opportunities? There are some and we're trying to build more. So right now you can raise money for non-profits through the donation sticker and stories. So we have a, as of last week, a section dedicated to COVID-19 related health organizations.
Starting point is 00:11:01 And we're actually matching up to $10 million for the United Nations Foundation, the World Health Organization and the CDC. Right. But what we're interested is what more can we do? How can we help connect the community that uses Instagram to the small businesses that are going to be suffering in such an intense way? Or to the creators that they love on the platform or to do the local shops or restaurants? And so that's one of the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thii's thi's thiuiuiuia thia thia thea thea thea thoes. I's thoes. thoes. thoes. thoes. thoes. thoes. thoes. thoes. thoes. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th... th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm the. I'm their their their their their their their their their their theirthey love on the platform, or to the local shops, or restaurants. And so that's one of the things we're actively currently exploring.
Starting point is 00:11:28 Because look, at the end of the day, the government can help at a scale that no private company can, and I think they're moving to try and do so. But, you know, you can provisioning a bunch of capital is one thing, distributing it is another, and so we're hoping that we can help, if we can, bridge a little bit, because it's going to be really tough on all the local businesses that all of us know and love. Here's a big question that's coming through from a lot of people in the community, and it's around false information that would be on Instagram. It's really hard because on the one hand, you have some people who are joking and clearly joking about ways to cure coronavirus or they're talking about, you know, this is going to be like creating a meme or they're messing around. And then you have other people who are purposefully trying to misinform the public about what they can do about coronavirus. How is Instagram
Starting point is 00:12:17 figuring out, first of all which of the comments are detrimental? And what are you doing about this? So with figuring out what issues or what claims are, what comments are detrimental, we're working with organizations like the World Health Organization to identify dangerous false claims and then we use people but also technology to try and go and fan out and find all the examples of those claims but we rely heavily on experts. I think the piece of context of that's worth flagging real quick is that generally we tend to be very worried about putting a chilling effect on speech. We try to be a place where people can express themselves and tell their stories.
Starting point is 00:12:55 And so we've taken a lot of criticism over the years for being too lenient. When it comes to COVID-19 and misinformation that specifically creates health risks, we are being actually the opposite. We're being quite conservative. We're taking it off Instagram entirely. So just we want to be clear that we care a lot about expression, we care about speech in general, but these are extenuating circumstances and under which we're going to act differently because I think the world needs it. All right, I've got a question here for both of us, and that is from Ignite String Theory. Hey Trevor and Adam, how do you think our world will look after the coronavirus has passed? Do you go first?
Starting point is 00:13:35 You can go first. I want to hear your answer. I think you're going to see a number of broad shifts that have already started, accelerate. Right, so you're seeing people move more and more shopping online. You're seeing people video chat and do all this type of thing more and more. You're going to see what like three years of these sort of shifts happen in three months. Right. And some of it will snap back, but it won't snap back all of the way. But I also think it's going to be a while, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th of it will snap back, but it won't snap back all of the way. But I also think it's going to be a while. Like even after all of these, you know, each local locked out or shelter in place opens up,
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Starting point is 00:14:35 You know, you meet my great grandma lived through the Great Depression. depression that was much longer, but you know she was 96 when she passed and she still like couldn't spend money. So you can imagine certain effects but concerns about health or concerns about economics or money might last a long time depending on how long this lasts. I don't know. Yeah, I feel like whenever someone asks me what do I think the world would be like after coronavirus, I think the question I first posed back to them is how long do you think coronavirus were lost? I think if we went back to our normal lives in a week, I don't think the world would change. We would all come out of it like it was like a forced mini vacation weird, weird
Starting point is 00:15:21 moments in fact. And I think people would be more brazen than ever. There would be certainly hubris because everyone would be like oh we survived it wasn't a thing. I think if it goes for a really long time and we start to see the effects economically and physically, you know if you start seeing huge numbers of people dying if you start seeing a ton of people not being able to afford food I think we're gonna going to reach a tipping point where society then decides what's more important, staying indoors or going out and getting
Starting point is 00:15:52 food, working or not working, etc. And it's going to be interesting to see how governments manage that period. And then I think after that, whatever they've done in that period determines what we live like afterwards. I mean, I've already seen just from surveys and from polls that have been conducted, people's perspectives on certain issues are changing. For instance, now people are more about medicine and what access they have to health care. Now people are thinking differently about their health care premiums and universal health care. It's a completely different conversation right now. Even just job security, you know, there are countries around the world where people
Starting point is 00:16:30 people have protection, you know, the government says if you're unemployed, we'll find a way to keep you eating and living until you get another job. A lot of countries don't have that. And so I think to what you're saying, as much as business is going to change, I think politics is going to change depending on how long this coronavirus threat goes for. Because if it goes for long enough, people are just going to want to make sure that we're never in the same situation ever again. Because you see countries like the UK where they said they'll pay a percentage of people's salaries for the duration of this of this
Starting point is 00:17:05 crisis and they understand that it's got the economy is going to take a knock but they're going to figure it out so the question is how long does it last determines how much it will change the world is what I think. Makes sense and I think unemployment is spiking in a huge way in any country that's been affected so far and I think those effects like if if people stay unemployed for a long period of time, that also will change a lot of how people think, we're seeing record levels here in the US already and you know, we're only a couple weeks into, you know, taking it seriously. So it's going that just came up was,
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Starting point is 00:18:49 I will say, I think climate change is one of the most, if not the most important, long-term challenge we face. So it's an area that I care a lot about, but I have not thought about how specific could this pandemic will affect our work there. I think that could cut either way, honestly. We'll see. Actually depending on how long it lasts, it's like the economic, the longer it lasts, the longer the economy's hurt, maybe people care about climate less or maybe they come more about health and they care about climate more. You can see that one going either way. Right. Let me ask you a crazy question. Could Instagram create like a feature where people who are gathered together, who shouldn't be together, like their accounts get blocked? Like if
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Starting point is 00:20:49 not like toilet paper finding, but like one of the restaurants in my neighborhood is posting pictures of what they're having for takeout every day, and then you can call and you can go pick it up without going in the space. And so we're seeing all sorts of the theahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. the th. th. th. th. th. thirty thirty thirty. th. th. th. I th. I th. I'm a th. I'm th. I'm that. I'm thirty, I'm th. th. th. I was, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I th. I th. I th. I th. I I I th. I I I I th. I I I I I I I I I I I th. th. I I I I I I I I th. th. I I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I was I'm th. th. th. th. t. t. t. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. I'm ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. th. ta. the space. And so we're seeing all sorts of really interesting use cases. I'm a bubble up. But toilet paper isn't one that I have found yet. And but look, if you've got a connection, just comment here. Like this is one of those moments where you could create something
Starting point is 00:21:14 amazing here. You create a feature on Instagram where we can all tag toilet paper toilet paper. Just a tab. tab. I tab. I. I. tab. I. tab. I. tab. tab. tab. tab. I. tab. tab. I. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. tab dedicated to the toilet paper. We just need a toilet paper tab on Instagram. You can imagine the icon, toilet just just a little outline, it's going to be perfect. Just a little thing. Someone did make a good comment. They said we can just use water. That's true. If you have a bidet, I mean this is not a problem in your in your world. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. That makes. th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their. th. th. their. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their. their. thi. thi. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. th. t. t. t. t. t. t. tode. toda. toda. toda. today. today. today. their. ti. their., everyone is out there, well, in there, I should say, trapped indoors, living their lives. As a human being, two questions.
Starting point is 00:21:52 How has this affected you the most as a human being before business? And also, what do you miss most about normal life? As a human being, I mean, I'm, I don't know if I can, I don't know if I can, I don't know if I can distill it down to one thing. I mean, the thing that I'm most trying to figure out is how do I support my family and support and do my job well, given that my job has gotten much more intense as you can imagine, and my family situation with a wife who's like, you know, eight-ish months pregnant, maybe seven and a half is intense.
Starting point is 00:22:26 So that's just weighing both of those things at the same time is a lot. But I don't think I know how it's affected me yet. I think I'll know once we get through it. Right now it's about, you know, adrenaline and working and being smart and spending time, I just do two things. I'm here in the garage working and I'm in the house of the family. Right. So I don't know yet. And then what do I miss most?
Starting point is 00:22:51 I just miss seeing people I care about in love in person. It's just, you know, I don't know. I'm a hugger and like, you can't hug right now. And so I miss whether it's like really close family or friends. I miss that a lot. What do you miss the most? What do I miss the most? I would be lying to you if I said I missed anything. I mean I don't like I don't like the tension in the world. I don't like how many people are being affected by this physically and emotionally but for me personally I'll never lie to you and say that my life has changed even in the slightest. I stay home. I don't like hugging people. I don't like getting close to people physically. Like I've always
Starting point is 00:23:37 been this person, even when they were like showing people how to wash their hands. I was like, wait, how were people washing their hands? But yeah, like there was like people like, you left out your thumbs. I was like, how do you wash your hands without doing your thumbs? I don't know. I don't know. All I know is for me personally, I won't lie and say that my life has changed all too dramatically.
Starting point is 00:23:55 I stay at home the way I always did, man. I'm online. You know, I make make my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my my th my th my th my th my th my th my think my think my think my think my to make. to make. to make. to make. I'm to make. I make. I make. I make my to make my to make my to make my throw. to make my to make my to make my to make. I'm. I'm. to me. to me. to me. to me. to me. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. to. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. I'm. I'm. I. Video games and now I have an excuse to not go out and see people because people always stress me out. They would be like, why don't you come outside? It's so sunny. It's such a beautiful day. You're wasting the day. Now I'm just I'm like coronavirus baby. I can't go anywhere because you've got your go to excuse. Yeah, it's just become, it's become my life. So I feel like there's a lot of introverts who are enjoying just that aspect of coronavirus. So I wish we could have this without any of the negative economic effects or anybody's health being affected. In fact, after coronavirus I'm going to stay indoors and I'll tell people I'm doing it in
Starting point is 00:24:38 case of coronavirus forever going forward in the future. Yeah, yeah, you're just careful. You know it could be another one. Yeah, you never know I know that. I'm that I that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the future. Yeah, yeah, you're just careful, just really careful now. You know, there could be another one. You never know. All right, well, Adam, I know that's all the time you got, man. Thank you so much for joining me. Thanks for having me. The Daily Show with Covernoa, ears edition. Watch the Daily Show, weeknights us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and more.
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