The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Social Media: Friend or Foe?

Episode Date: September 1, 2021

Americans see a rise in body dysmorphia in the age of Zoom calls and photo filters, Facebook and Apple battle it out over privacy, and Ronny Chieng exposes the dire consequences of selfies. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, a lot of people are doing worse than ever, because

it turns out that the technology keeping us connected is also making us feel like shit. With the stress of the pandemic, body image issues have been on the rise. 43% of women, 26% of men said COVID-19 negatively affected how attractive they felt. The countless hours spent on Zoom or video calls is causing more and more Americans to be insecure about their appearance. Video conferencing presents a constant, unedited, unfiltered look at ourselves

that can be unsettling. And those front-facing cameras we're all using, aren't doing us any favors. Things like the nose could appear larger and wider, and the eyes could appear smaller. Not only as a person confronting their own reflection, with much greater intensity and frequency than they ever had before, but they were staring at a distorted reflection. This is all part of an alarming new trend, coined, zoom dysmorphia.

Yes, zoom dysmorphia. It's when you realize that it's not just everyone else who looks terrible on Zoom. And that's really not cool. You know, Zoom shouldn't make you feel bad about your dirty-ass living room. But you have to remember people, this is a new phenomenon that we're dealing with. Humans didn't evolve to see their own faces all the time. That's not normal. I I I th you thu except thu except thu thu thu thuuuuu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thu thi thi thu thi the the-s thoom-s thoom-s thoom-s thoom-s thu thu thu thu thoom-s thoom-s thoom-s thoom-s thoom-s thoom-s thoom-s thuuuuuuuuuuuuu. thuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. thuuuuuu. thuuuuuuuuuuuu. thuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. thuuuu. th. to see their own faces all the time. That's not normal. I mean, except for twins, I guess. They don't count, they're freaks.

It's just like another one of you? What? Like, think about it, for most of human history, if you wanted to know what you looked like, you had to get your friend to smash up some blueberry and rub it on a cave wall. look like this. Damn, do I really hold a spear like that? Now the good news is that it's likely we'll all be using zoom a lot less in the near future, but unfortunately there's another technology that also makes us feel bad about

ourselves and it doesn't look like it's going away any time soon. I'm talking about photo filters. Yes, they've helped mankind realize its dream of puking rainbows, but some of the most popular filters just help you look more attractive, which may sound harmless, but it could be anything but. Cutting-edge apps and social media filters are allowing ordinary people to enhance their online photos to impossible perfection. In some cases, it's sparking a concerning phenomena. With apps like FaceTune, you have the power to completely transform yourself.

Bigger eyes, skinnier nose, and jawline. Smaller butt or flatter belly, whiter teeth, smoother skin, you can do it right on your phone. When I take a selfie, I always use filters. I wish I could look like my filtered self in real life. This obsession with personal appearance that selfie culture encourages may have darker implications for mental health. A study in the journal of the American Medical Association says filtered pictures can take a toll

on self-esteem, body image, and even lead to body dysmorphic disorder. I do feel like we're losing touch with what reality looks like. We're already getting there to the point where we're expecting people to look as unhuman as possible. Yeah, photo editing filters set unrealistic expectations for beauty. The same way Fruit Ninja sets up unrealistic expectations of how easy it is to slice floating fruit. And once you have this filtered version of yourself in your head, you become dissatisfied

with what you really look like. So in essence, we're basically catfishing ourselves. But if these editing apps can turn adults into quivering blobs of insecurity, just imagine what they're doing to kids. Psychologists warn these photo filters can be particularly troubling for teens and young people who are still developing their sense of self. 80% of girls in one survey say they compare the way they look to other people on social media. On Instagram like I follow people like Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner and they all have

this like time measure like body image that everyone is expecting from this generation. Young girls on social media have a negative body perception with one in seven girls reporting being unhappy with the way they look at the end of elementary school. And that number almost doubling to nearly one in three by age 14. 80% of young girls are using photo retouching apps to change the way they look before posting pictures. And those with high scores for manipulating their photos were associated with high scores for body-related and eating concerns. Any of you ever question your body because of what you see on social media?

Shame, man. This is a vicious cycle for teenagers. Social media makes them unhappy with how they look, so then they use filters, which perpetuate the unrealistic expectations for themselves and others. Plus, they're teenagers, so they're doing all of this while they're driving, which puts everyone at risk. And all the insecurity this creates is harmful for teenagers, because I know it's hard to tune. But teens shouldn't be obsessing over this stuff. Like, I honestly wish I could sit all teenagers down and say, hey, don't worry about how you look. The planet's gonna die out before you're 30. It doesn't matter. Now it's bad enough when people wish they had the perfect

Instagram look in real life. What's worse is when they actually try to make it happen. The more people look at doctored up images, the more likely they are to actually start seeking out cosmetic procedures at younger ages. These cosmetic procedures are becoming so popular with teens, plastic surgeons have coined a new syndrome for it. Snapchat dysmorphia. And the number of kids getting nip-tucks may astound you.

In 2017, nearly 230,000 teens had cosmetic procedures. Kids as young as 13 are getting them. Doctors seeing an influx of people of all ages turning to plastic surgery to look more like their filter. 62% of plastic surgeons reported their patients wanted to go under the knife because of dissatisfaction with their social media profile. 57% said their patients wanted to look better in selfies. Absolutely. It's becoming more and more common where people will show me images on their

Instagram or even something that posted on Facebook and go, this is really high I want to look. Just last week I had a patient come in and asked me for more of an anime eye and she couldn't figure out why it's not possible. Okay, man, this is really disturbing. Thirteen yearolds in particular should not be getting plastic surgery. I mean, when you're 13, your physical appearance is already naturally changing. That's what our faces are doing. It's like long-term plastic surgery.

I mean, this is what I looked like when I was 13. You gotta let that shit play out. Honestly, though, I don't blame the teenagers. I blame the parents and the plastic surgeons. I mean, how are you going to let them do this to themselves? They can't even buy cigarettes, but you're going to let them buy a new face? Clearly, this is getting out of hand, which is why there's now a movement, not just against filters, but all the ways that people have been distorting their their have started speaking up on this issue,

admitting that they've presented altered images in the past and are opening up the conversation. Some are even posting raw, totally unedited photos of themselves and breaking down how people on your Instagram feed may be manipulating their angles and lighting to get that, quote unquote, perfect selfie. There are many celebrities exposing the dangers of digital distortion. They are posting images of themselves unedited, unfiltered, online.

And this is a great example to young girls. Popstar Lizzo made a big splash when she posted a selfie in the nude and unretouched. There's no shame anymore and I just kind of post myself. It's like you take me as I am. You don't have to love me. British MP Luke Evans has proposed the digitally altered body image bill, which would require advertisers and publishers to display a logo whenever a person's face or body has been digitally enhanced.

Okay, first of all, I love the idea of putting disclaimers on photos of people who have been digitally altered. I love it. And honestly, I don't think we should stop there. We need to do this with everything that's been digitally out like food ads. Those are the worst. Every fast food burger looks great on TV. But then when I order it, it looks like it fell asleep in a hot tub. But I'm glad that we're finally learning thlainlainlainlainl-fi finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally finally learning learning learning the thi thi that that're finally learning the truth about what celebrities look like. You know, personally, I'm waiting for SpongeBob to join this movement. I mean, no way that guy is that square naturally.

Have you seen that? It's like it's not even... What I mean, it's not real. Then how would you have a TV show? Now, I'm not naive enough do hope is that we can better educate our kids and ourselves that our own natural bodies are beautiful. I mean, except for that flap of old people's skin we have on our elbows, that shit is gross. I don't care who you are. It looks like a mid-arm ball sack. But everything else is beautiful. But because this movement could take a while, we here at the Daily Show, decided to come up with a filter of our own that might, that might, that might, that might, that might, that might, that might, that might, that might, that th, that th, that th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and, thi, and, and, thi, and, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th, th. th, th. th. th. the, the, the, thi, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thi. thi. thin, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi could take a while, we here at the Daily Show decided to come up with a filter of our own that might help.

Are social media filters giving you body image issues? Are you depressed you don't look as good as your filter? Then good news. You'll never have to worry about living up to your filter again, with Rudify. It's a brand new filter that turns your face into Rudy Giuliani. You'll never be happier with how you look in real life. And obviously this wouldn't be effective if you could turn it off, so Rutify overrides all other filters. And just to be safe, Rudify retroactively applies itself to every

face and every photo in your phone. The best part is the filter is permanent, just like Rudy himself. You can never get rid of it. Rudify, you'll be overflowing with self-esteem. Warning, use of this filter by Rudy Giuliani will rupture the fabric of space and time. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television.

Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17th. What is one of the biggest concerns people have about modern technology?

Privacy, right? Because our phones know everything about us. What music we listen to, how much sleep we get, what our face looks like when we're pooping, but now, Apple is going to give you a little more control over how widely that information is shared. You know how it goes. You search for something online, then see an ad on Facebook or Instagram for that exact item. Well, Apple is making it harder for apps to track your online activity. When you're using apps on your iPhone, you may start to see this.

Apple users must now give permission for apps to track your online activity data before you could only opt out. It's about time. Jenny Gephard is with the privacy nonprofit, the electronic frontier foundation. Switching from opt out to opt in is huge. That is what's going to really make a lot more users opt-out of this tracking feature that wasn't built for users, it was built for advertisers. That's right, people. With the new iOS update, you have to opt-in to being tracked online instead of having to opt out.

And I know it might seem like a small change, but this is a huge deal. Because people are lazy as shit. Like, think about it. If Apple said that they were going to put all your nudes online unless you opt it out, you'd probably be like, what? No ways! Where's that opt-out option? Ah, settings?

General. Uh, where? You know what? I'm proud of my third nipple, let's just do this. I don't care anymore. I've got things to do. And people don't understand how much information Facebook is actually getting from your other apps. Like, you think it's a small thing. You know how you always like to your friends? Oh, I was talking about something.

And then it popped up. Is my phone? won't wait for you to search for a winter coat before it starts showing you ads for one. And if you've been ordering pizza every night on Grubhub, well then the ads will show you a coat that's two sizes up because it knows. So this new privacy feature is good news for iPhone users, but it turns out it's very bad news for one of Apple's biggest rivals, Facebook. In fact, it's so bad for them that they've started throwing up pop-ups, begging everyone to let them keep tracking us and warning us that if we don't, Facebook might stop being free of charge. And I'm not going to lie to people. That seems like an empty threat to me.

Because who would pay to be on Facebook with the type of people willing to pay to be on Facebook? I mean, that's like like, th, thi, th, th, th, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi that thi that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that, that that that that that to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that, that that that that that that that that that that that that that that the the the. the the the. the that the that that to that to that that that that that that that on Facebook with the type of people willing to pay to be on Facebook. I mean, that's like if a crack house had a cover charge. I actually wouldn't mind if Facebook started charging people, because I think if they did, maybe people would actually think for a second before they posted. The government puts fluoride in the water to brainwash us. Post $2. Well, I'll keep it to myself. Now the reason Facebook needs to track its users is so that it can charge big bucks to advertisers who want to target

very specific audiences. But Mark Zuckerberg knows that people don't care if he can't afford to give his Havocroft and Lamborghini for its birthday. So instead he's asking you to think about the poor companies that will suffer if he can't track you. Facebook said Apple's move will harm their small business advertisers. It's gonna kill us. It's gonna kill us. But from Monique Wilson DeBriano, who was featured in a Facebook campaign and owns Charleston Gourmayburger, the change has already affected sales and she's had to cut costs. It's not about, you know, small businesses, you know, wanting to take away anyone's privacy. All we want to do is really just service our customers better.

So if someone loves hamburgers and they're looking for something that is just awesome, you know, to make your hamburgers taste better, I would like to show my ad to you. And this update takes that away from small businesses like mine. Okay, now this is interesting. I mean, I don't like getting tracked, but it is true that it does help some small businesses target their ads, you know, and the truth is in life bad,

thiiiats, you know, it's like how serial killers are bad. We all agree that they're bad. But you do get a lot of really interesting podcast out of them. Yeah? No. So I can see what Facebook is trying to argue here. They're saying, do you really want to hurt small businesses before Amazon has a chance to bankrupt them? And honestly, I wouldn't mind targeted ads that much, but the thing is, it's how. It is how Facebook tracks all of us that I don't like. Like, it will be one thing if Facebook asked me, Hey Trevor, do you like hamburgers?

Ah, we're gonna show you stuff about food. But what Facebook actually does is basically just send some guy named Gary to just stalk my entire life. Hey Trevor, I heard you like hamburgers. What? How did you know that? He he, he, he, he, I read an email you said to your girlfriend. So maybe you're still not swayed by the effect of this change on small businesses. And that's why Facebook is also warning of the bleak future that awaits all of us

if they can't track our every movement anymore. Facebook's pushing back. It relies on that data to target consumers with relevant ads. So if people do opt out, here's what Facebook says could happen. Say a young man is looking for a new pair of sneakers on his phone. Facebook claims that with Apple's new rules, it won't be able to use his search history and information about what other apps he uses to show him ads for things he wants to buy. So on Facebook or Instagram he could end up

seeing ads for women's clothing or furniture. Really? This is a real argument? Come on man. Get the fuck out of here guys. We've lived our entire lives watching untargeted ads. All right? TV ads, newspaper ads, billboards. None of those were targeted, and we were fine. All of a sudden, they're making it seem like we can't live without them. Like we're going to be like, oh no, oh no, I'll have to watch untargeted ads, but how will I know if a product isn't for me? What if I buy tampons because I didn't tthat I don't have a period? What if I buy dog food?

But I don't have a dog? Am I a dog? Am I a dog one tampon? I don't know! We can handle untargeted ads. In fact, sometimes, untargeted ads introduce you to things that you never knew you needed. Yeah, like a shower seat. I didn't think think think think think thine thine thine thine thine thine thi. I'm thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thoom. thoom. thoom. thi. thoom-a. toe. tooom-a, thae. thae. tha. tha. tha. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. to. t. t. t. t. t. t toe. t t t toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toe. toda. tod I came to America and then now that I'm here I realize just because I'm not 80 doesn't mean I can't get clean and

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And again, I'm not pro-Apple here, right? But Apple didn't build their entire business model on stalking you. Facebook did. And if moving society away from tracking people means that Gary has to find a new job, then, you know what? So be it. But then, Trevv, who recommend creams for your tonyre fungus? Get the fuck out of here, Gary!

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Listen to 60 Minutes a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17. Let's take a moment to talk about selfies. They're the top way to show people what parts of your body are on flake. Yeah, for me personally, it's my elbow. Or as I like to call it, my omni. But as innocent as the selfie craze may seem, it can have real-world consequences. And for more on this, we're joined by senior technology correspondent, Ronnie Chang, everybody. Thanks, Trevor. Selfies used to be a harmless way to show everyone how hashtag blessed your life is. But, as it turned out, looking at pictures of your own head all the time can actually start to mess with it.

In this age of the selfie, there's been a surge in lip-aummentation procedures. The love affair with lips, leading to a record number of lip augmentation procedures. The love affair with lips leading to a record number of lip jobs last year. Doctors say because we see so many images of ourselves almost constantly on social media, we're much more aware of how our lips. Look. Are you serious? People are having surgery to enhance their lips, just look better in selfies. What happened to just doing duckface? It always works for me. It always works for me. Yo, no one's judging your lips, okay? We're judging your double chin and your weird nose.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that why are you stopping at your lips? Just face your whole face. Yeah, fix your whole face. And not only are selfies blowing up lips, they're also shrinking bank accounts. NFL Prospect Laramie Tunsle should have been celebrating being drafted into the NFL last night. Tunzel was projected to go at 6th to the Baltimore Ravens, ended up falling to 13th. That drop right there cost him about $8 million in salary over the next four years. Minutes for the draft open, a two-year-old video posted to Tunselle's Twitter account showing him taking a massive bong hit out of a gas mask. Come on how do we even know that's Laramie Tunsil? It could be anyone. It could be a time-traveling World War II soldier. It actually took days of investigative

journalism to figure out his identity. They had to go through the video frame by frame frame and it also helped that he took took took took took took took took took took took took took took took the the the the the the the the. the. the. tm. tm. tm. tm. tmse. the. tm. tm. tm. tm. tm. tmsew. tm. tm. tm, tm, thea. thea. thea. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the the the the the the the the the the. the. tm. tm. tm. I tm. I tm. I tm. I'ma. I'ma. I'ma. I'ma. tm. I'ma. tm. tm. I'ma. tm. I'ma. tm. I'm t identity. They had to go through the video frame by frame and it also helped that he took his mask off and showed his face. Yo, if you're recording yourself doing something illegal and you're already wearing a mask, just leave it on. That's what masks are for. Also, why does the NFL even care if players smoked part? Oh, oh, wait, I get it. Because marijuana could cause brain damage and brain damage is trig-mart by the NFL. But, hey, at least Tunsil was just doing something stupid and not dangerous, like Snapchating while driving. A new lawsuit filed against Snapchat, an 18-year-old Crystal McGee.

Snapchat has a feature called a speed overlay filter, and it measures how fast users are moving while they are taking a photo or video. The man is suing the social media giant claiming that an 18-year-old drove more than 100 miles an hour and crashed into his car while she was using the app. Snapchat used to be about dick picks, okay? Now you're encouraging people to take selfies or speeding? I never thought I'd say this but Snapchat I like you better when you are just sending me dicks, right? And well hey at least this woman is okay and she learned her lesson, right?

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According to some people, they are God-given right. A South Carolina man learned the hard way that trying to take a selfie with Amy Schumer is no laughing matter. The comedian says that she was scared when this man ran up to her and started recording video. I told her, this is America. I said in America, when you see a celebrity, you go and take a selfie. This is America. That you says it like it's in the Constitution. Listen, nowhere does it say we hold these truths to be selfie evident.

Look, when we see famous people, we all want to take a selfie with them, all right? I want to take a selfie with travel right now. So I could get a ton of lights. All right? Not as many likes as if I took. That's what being human is about, resisting your base impulses. All right, that's why I'm not humping this desk right now. So, go ahead and keep taking selfies. Just understand that's a time and a place. All right, and everyone else, stop acting like narcissism is just a millennial thing,

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All right, thank you, Ronnie. Roney Chang, everyone. You may or may not have heard of black Twitter, but it's huge. And if you want to understand it, imagine a barber shop. I know what you're you. you. you. th is th is th is th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Thank th. R. R. R-a. R-I. R-I. R-I. R-I. R-I. R-I. R-I. R-I's thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' that. Thank you're that. Thank you're th. Thank you're th. Thank you're th. Thank you're th. Thank you're th. Thank you're th. Thank. R-s. R-s. R. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-s. R-a-a-s. R-s. R-a-s. R-a-s. R-s. R-a-s. R-a-s. R-s. Ro'a-s. R-s. R-s. Ro'er. Ro'er. Ro'er.hop. I'm a black dude. We're about to do all the usual stuff. LeBron James dunked on five cripple kids. Man, shut your ass up. Boulet man, Boulet man. Those boys ain't got no daddy, Marquise. You got a daddy to love you. Look, for decades, the black barbershop has been the epicenter of black cultural discussion. But the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet the internet theease thea thea thea thea thea. the. the's to to to to to to to to toe. th. tooom. tooom. tooom. 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 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. I. I. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thea. the. thea. the. thea. the. the. the. the epicenter of black cultural discussion. But the internet has changed things. Let me introduce you to Black Twitter.

Black Twitter is an entire... I think we need somebody more qualified. Let's go with Jamila Lemieux. Executive, writer, and most importantly, black person. Jamila, what is black Twitter? It's just really an extension of how we communicate in our neighborhoods and our barbershops and our churches and our schools. It is our village. Think of black Twitter as Harlem. Black folks made it cool and now white people trying to move in. What we do on social media and of course we over index and we use it more than anybody else and we use

it on mobile which means we have it by our side 24 hours a day. That's right. While we make up just 12% of the US population, 25% of American Twitter users are black. And they're three times more likely to post daily on Twitter than white people. But that's not the only reason black Twitter is important. And if anybody can back it up, it's a brother wearing a hoodie and a can goal. Elon James White. One of the major parts of, of, quote, black, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, th, th, th, the, th, the, th, thi, the, thi, thi, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, is is, is, is thi.... thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th ability to force a conversation that otherwise would be ignored.

Hashtag Oscar so white made the Oscars more black. You got Ferguson, Black Lives Matter, bring back our girls. Ferguson, when it first happened, Mike Brown getting shot. I knew about that before it hit the news, because I was seeing tweets from St. Louis and Ferguson that his body hadn't been picked up yet. Movements that once took weeks to mobilize can come together in mere hours.

George Zimmerman, I believe, would not have been arrested or tried at all, were it not for Black Twitter. People love to say, oh, if Dr. King had Twitter, he would have got more accomplished. Would he? How do you know he wouldn't have just been up all night, I'm Martin, come to bed. Coretta, I can't. Malcolm X still popping off at the mouth. I'll snatch the bowtie off his ass. Black Twitter is just as complicated and nuanced as the black community itself. Like, within black Twitter, you still have an intellectual Twitter. You have academics, and then you have Hotep tip.

Whoa, everybody don't like to be called a hotelep. A HOTEP is a clueless parody of Afrocentricity, someone who's loudly, conspicuously, and obnoxiously pro-black. But I think that's a little harsh. I prefer to call these brothers black enthusiasts. That's why we got a B-black, do-black, shop black, buy-black, date black, smoke black. And of course you got the Bayhive. One of them twins ain't even Jay-Z's. Who's talking about Beyonce? No Beyonce slander shall survive. She represents joy for so many people, particularly black women. She's on the wall with Martin, Malcolm, Barack,

fiancee. Black Twitter is also the place to keep up with the latest in fashion, music and racial slurs. Ooh, I have been called every type of n-sh on the planet. ER, E-R-A-H-A-H-I-G-Z. It's types of the shit because I didn't know existed until I got caught them on Twitter. Anybody can get it on Black Twitter. Even if you in the NFL Hall of Fame, just ask Jerry Rice, who thought it was all good to wear a fried chicken helmet in a Popeyes commercial? I don't think there's ever excuse for a chicken helmet.

You decide to put on the chicken helmet that's between you and your guy. Sometimes people need to be changed. This is live footage of Jerry Rights getting drug on Black Twitter. And it's not just people. Corporations try to be too cool and they get on the wrong side of Black Twitter all the time. By doing things like using Black Slane to sell pancakes. Ninehap is one of those brands. It's just done weird, like pancakes on fleets. Pancake man! Pancakes on flea!

You just don't throw on flea behind something and call that, you know, engaging with the culture. Here's a general rule of thumb to all corporations. If you wouldn't say it to a black person's face, don't tweet it. Boy, bye. Yaa! Yaz! Retweet to win. You want to say it? Don't say it? Just shut. Black Twitter challenges, spaces of power, in a way that we haven't seen before. The black experience in America is diverse,

but more importantly, it's vocal. So if you're wondering how to find Black Twitter, it's probably not for you. They should just give us Twitter. We have appropriated Twitter. This is the first thing that black people have effectively appropriated and made our own. As long as black Twitter is there, the fight for justice just got a bit easier. Appreciate it. Where's my money?

I got you. I know where you work. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives.

But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look. Starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Social media, it's affected every aspect of our lives. How we communicate, how we stay informed, how we showcase our booty clapping skills. Yeah, I used to, I used to make homemade DVDs to get that out. Now it's so much easier.

But lately, but lately, conservatives have been complaining that tech companies are biased against them. And yesterday, they took action in real life. The Justice Department is looking at whether Facebook and Twitter are intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told a House committee, his company is not censoring conservatives. Jeff Sessions doubled down and says

he'll gather state attorneys general to discuss whether social media companies stifle conservatives. That's right. Jeff Sessions has announced that he's going to look high and low, mostly low to find out if social media companies are censoring conservatives. Yeah, he's probably going to come back like, well I couldn't find any bias. And be like, did you check the top south? No. Now the reason the Justice Department and both houses are all over this issue is because clearly they're taking

cues from the top. You look at Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media giants. And I've made it clear that they're the top. You look at Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media giants. And I've made it clear that we as a country cannot tolerate political censorship, blacklisting, and rigged search results. We will not let large corporations silence conservative voices. That's right, folks. I Donald J. Trump, and sick of being silenced. When was the last time you saw a tweet of mine? When was the last time you saw something about me on the internet, folks? It's been almost half an hour. Why is that?

Is it because I've been up here for 30 minutes? Or because I've been up here for 30 minutes? Or because I've been telling? Because I'm being censored, guys. Come on, get the fuck out of here, man. How is the guy who became president because of Twitter claiming that Twitter is censoring him and out to get him? Yeah, like, they're out to get him elected. It's like Superman, bitching about Earth.

Like, man, this planet is holding me back. It's like no this planet is what made you. If you don't like it Superman why don't just go home and be Carlel the accountant. Oh that's right you can't go home because your home blew up. Sorry I get angry when Superman shits on Earth. But maybe, maybe the president feels like conservatives are being censored because his only source of information keeps telling him so. The tech giants are obviously politically biased against conservatives. No one really disputes that.

You cannot have them dominating the information space only on behalf of left winners. Sometimes when you search my name, certain articles will pop up that are more disparaging and more negative and, you know, three or four years ago instead of anything current. Okay now to be fair I understand what the stale prince of ballet is saying. Sometimes, sometimes Google prioritizes older negative stories, that's just the internet, right? The negative stories get much more attention than the positive ones. Like, when I Google myself, the news is never about some cool joke that I told. No, it's always something negative. And I tell cool jokes all the time, all all right? You never hear about the good stuff. For example, for example, right? Today, I save this baby on the way to work. But are you going to see that on the first the first the first the first the first the first the first the first the first tha tha tha tho tho tho tho tho tho thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thoes thoes thoes thoes thiou thiase thoes, I thoes thoes thoes thoes thoes thoes thoes thoes the news is is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news is the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news the news thoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooes. the news is the news is the news is the see them on the first page of my Google search results? No. But if I do this, if I do this, if I do this, number one news story on Google News,

and I'm not even a comedian anymore. All of a sudden I'm just a South African baby slam. That's who I am. The internet is cruel to everyone. Everyone. But, according to many people on Fox News, the only explanation for this is bias. I tweeted out a clip from CNN of James Clapper basically admitting that President Obama was the one who directed all of the intelligence agencies at the end of 2016 to launch an investigation into President Trump.

So I tweeted out, it got no life. It got no life. And I know that's something that my followers and viewers care about, big time. It got no life. So I'm just wondering, was I shadow band? No. No, Maria Badaromo, your post was just boring. And I'm not even saying that to be mean.

We've all been there. Every one of us has posted something online that we were sure was going to break the internet. Right? All of us had that one tweet where we were like, oh man, this tree's going to blow up. This tree's going to blow up. And you're like, shit I said, no, not yet, not th, not th, not th, not th, not th. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, that, that, that, 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thee. thea. the. the. the. the. the. thetree's gone. Oh wait, hold on, hold on. Hey, cancel all my meetings. I'm about to go viral. And then you're like, and then you hit send? And then you're looking and you're like, come on, anytime now, anytime, alright, no likes, all right, no likes, okay, hold on, is the Wi-Fi? Okay, I'll just like it myself and get all of us. And look, I'm not saying there should be no regulation of tech companies.

Don't get me wrong. I just, I'm just surprised to see conservatives all of a sudden in favor of you regulating private businesses, right? Because when it's consumers or gay people or polar bears saying, hey, can you regulate some industries? Conservatives are like, it's not the government's job to regulate private business. But then as soon as they feel like they're not getting enough retweets, suddenly it's like, we're launching an investigation. We've got a nationalized tech companies.

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But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts.