Tim Kendall | Netflix's 'The Social Dilemma', Pinterest President, Facebook Director of Monetization

Nov 11, 2020

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Moment CEO Tim Kendall joins Alex Moazed to discuss a plethora of topics concerning social media platforms, online censorship, matchmaking algorithms, and the impact digitization has had on social well-being. Tim architected early monetization strategies for Facebook and Pinterest as Facebook’s first Director of Monetization and President of Pinterest. Tim currently serves as CEO of Moment, which has helped over 8 million people build healthier relationships with their phones and is fighting to reimagine the tech industry as one built for its users. Additionally, Kendall serves as a board member of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Download the Moment app here: https://app.inthemoment.io/

House Committee on Energy and Commerce Testimony of Tim Kendall: https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/09.24.20%20CPC%20Witness%20Testimony_Kendall.pdf

Originally Aired: 11/09/20

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00:00 - Subscribe for Tech & Business News Daily
01:08 - Algorithms Want Users to Spend the Maximum Amount of Time
03:55 - An Attention Extractive Based Business Model
08:36 - Realization That Something Was Wrong
09:44 - Digital Behaviors Mimicking Qualities of Addictive Substances
11:43 - How Moment App Helps Develop Awareness
14:28 - Never Been More Connected and Lonely
15:17 - The Importance of Social Well Being
20:13 - Matchmaking vs. Censorship
22:10 - Do Social Algorithms Reward "Fake News"?
26:06 - What Happens to Startups in Survival Mode
29:44 - Facebook's Market Dominance
32:39 - Fixing the Social Dilemma
37:35 - Can Matchmaking Be Externalized?
40:05 - Even Netflix is Guilty
41:48 - Importance of Transparency
44:22 - Platforms Don't Want to be Arbiter of Truth
50:06 - Tech Platforms Protecting Political Speech
54:01 - Do You Allow Your Kids to Use Facebook?
56:24 - Future of Social Platforms for Children

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