Investigating Instagram with Alex Stamos; An Evolving Middle East with NYT’s Tom Friedman 6/8/23

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Business News, Investing, Business, News

4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

New York Times foreign affairs columnist Tom Friedman discusses his most recent trip to the Middle East, comparing the region today with the region even six months ago. He weighs in on Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf and its deal to merge with the PGA, and the rapid progressive evolution of Israel and the Kingdom. In a damning investigation into Instagram, The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University, and University of Massachusetts Amherst uncovered a network of pedophiles that connect with each other and with sellers of explicit imagery on social media. Meta’s former Chief Security Officer and Stanford University Director Alex Stamos discusses the underage sex content on social media including Meta, as well as the ways big tech can keep teenagers safe online. Plus, Google is calling its workers back to the office, Amazon is launching a new tier to its Prime Video platform, and New York is still under a hazy cloud of Canadian forest fire smoke. In this episode: Thomas Friedman, @tomfriedman Alex Stamos, @alexstamos Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	I'm C.N.C. producer Katie Kramer today on Squack Pod.
0:08.6	A damning investigation into Instagram and its role in connecting pedophiles.
0:13.5	Facebook's former chief security officer and one of the investigators at Stanford, Alex Stamos.
0:18.3	While there are a bunch of companies involved,
0:20.3	Instagram turns out to be probably the most key one because it is the place where these
0:24.8	buyers and sellers find each other. The state and safety of social media for teens.
0:29.9	We found that Snap and Tik-Toc we're doing a lot better. Those are the two other big platforms for teenagers
0:36.0	That important conversation today and the Saudis spreading soft power through sports
0:41.7	New York Times columnist Tom Friedman on the
0:44.3	kingdom and global golf. I think this decision was a terrible decision and everything
0:49.1	that's flowed from it has been to unravel and try to disentangle that terrible, terrible foolish
0:56.2	decision in my view. Those stories, the big tech workforce, crypto's lawsuits,
1:00.8	all on this weird Smoky sky day in New York.
1:04.4	You see the orange sky yesterday?
1:06.4	Oh my God, it was in the middle of the day.
1:08.2	It was like apocalyptic.
1:09.4	It was unbelievable.
1:11.2	It is Thursday, June 8th, 2023.
1:14.1	Squawk Pot begins right now.
1:17.3	Good morning everybody.
1:18.3	Welcome to Squawk Box here on CMC.
1:20.4	We are live from the NasDAQ market site in Times Square.
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