Trevor Noah here, host of The Daily Show.

Coming to you from quarantine, how y'all doin'?

Gonna be chatting to Mr. Mosseri, Adam Mosseri

the head of Instagram.

Mr. Mosseri how you doin'?

- Good how you doing?

- I mean I could be better, I think everyone could

be better.

How are you?

- Hanging in there, I think is how I would put it.

- Yeah, 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 and all have to look at pictures of each

other while trying to stay sane?

- (laughs) Not exactly.

I do think we were, I think Instagram was made

to bring people together for sure,

but we certainly not thinking about this insane

situation that we find ourselves in today.

- Let me ask you a few questions just in and around

what's happening now.

This is one of the strangest times we've ever been in.

You know I'm reading some of the questions

people have in the comments here.

And one of the big thing Instagram has the power to do

is connect people with each other.

But it also has the ability to connect people

with information.

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 this

information together so we can separate fact from fiction?

- At 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.

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 U.S. 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 through

the stay at home sticker which people are using,

just encourage people to stay home

because that's one of the best pieces of advice

I think you can give.

And it's more meaningful coming from people you follow

than coming from a company like ours.

Actually it's been used for than 100 million times

so far which has been exciting to see.

And then trying to make that bad information,

any risky information that's misinformation,

off Instagram entirely.

- Have I lost you?

- I see you.

Am I back?

- Yeah, I lost you for a second you were talking

about misinformation.

- Also trying to make sure we remove any misinformation

related to COVID-19 that's dangerous.

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 at home

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.

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 jut happening

organically and you're just letting it go?

- A lot of it has 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 have an idea,

like we're seeing all these amazing lives happen right now.

John Legend and Chrissy Tegan do a wedding

for their daughter's Luna's stuffed animals

over the weekend.

Like these things are amazing.

We're trying to figure out we can amplify that.

Normally we would try to build something inside

of Instagram, so you can go and sort of see

what's coming up.

But there's no time.

So we're using the add 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 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 to help out.

- Do you see a world where you would be doing that?

Are you guys working on something for the future,

because we don't know how long we're gonna be indoors.

Are you adding something that could be released

in a few months.

Is there a new type of Instagram if we just stuck

inside for a few months?

- Uh maybe, I mean we're seeing people are messaging way

more, they're video chatting way more,

they're going live way more.

You see this, it varies from country to country

but 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 that challenge is gonna be.

They're gonna be great and they're gonna take time.

Even if we come out shelter in place, the lockdown,

the economic impacts are significant.

So one of the things we're looking at right now

are what can we do for creators on Instagram

but also small businesses like retailers

and service providers.

Like your local hair cutting place or your local

restaurant, can we provide any relief there?

Can we do anything for creators who make a living

on Instagram?

Can we do anything around donations?

So, these things would take weeks and not days to do

but we are spending a bunch of time there.

But also trying to figure out on the mental health side.

Because there's a physical health risk here.

There's a huge economic risk,

but this is really taxing for a lot of people

in a really significant way.

And so is there anything we can do in that space as well?

Given that we're not mental health experts,

is another area. So we'll see, we'll see how the next couple

of weeks evolve.

- Is there like a thing you can do online

to just get rid of all negative information?

Is there like a filter we could tag on Instagram,

where we say, hey, 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

in your comments, 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.

Making sure they can have a network to lean on

if they're in times of crisis.

- What does that mean when you say that?

Because one thing that I've always talked a lot about

is I've heard stories depression.

I've talked about how hard it can be to cope

with anxiety or depression.

How, during times like this one of the hardest things

is to not maintain contact with the people you normally do.

What is Instagram doing to help with that?

Because on the one hand with Instagram,

as you guys have always said, you have to balance

the world of making people go crazy because

they're spending too 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 just helping people

connect with their loved ones that they really care about.

If you're separated, I mean my brother lives in L.A.,

my sister lives in Berlin.

I'm really close to both of them.

I use Instagram to stay in touch with them.

But beyond that, we're seeing other things happen.

We're seeing mental health experts like therapists

and psychologist use Instagram to connect with their

patients.

Lizzo's done a bunch of meditations with the flute

and the whole crazy thing, going live on Instagram.

So we're seeing a lot of this happen organically

which is great.

So we just want to know when possible can we amplify

that kind of thing.

- Right, are you doing anything?

'Cause I feel like everyone asks the head of companies

what their companies are doing.

Are you okay at home, what are you doing?

Are you doing any of the challenges?

You doing a push-up challenge?

- I should do the push up challenge.

I haven't done that yet.

I think someone challenged me recently.

I got two little boys and another on the way.

So for me personally it's been mostly about

how do I take care of them?

- How old are they?

- Four, Nico's four and Blaze's is two

and then the other one is, is it April yet?

It's almost April so May.

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,

he doesn't understand the word disease.

So there's like a sickness that's spreading around

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's got a lot of energy though,

so he's just gonna explode pretty soon.

But I think there's a lot of parents out there

particularly if you're working right now

and you have little kids and you don't have any childcare.

You're moonlighting your job, you're trying

to call into meetings during the day

and you're trying to be a parent and homeschool.

It's just wild.

And 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.

So 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 Noah here host

of the Daily Show.

I'm chatting to Adam Mosseri 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.

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