jim steyer with common sense media joining us with more than just baseball picks this morning.e are talking privacy with your mobile devices. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here. >> i know you were just in washington, dc testifying at a congressional hearing. tell us about this. >> other people were apple, google and facebook. and the issue was should there be new regulation that regulates privacy of kids in particular, but of all people, using their cell phones. >>> we're talking specifically cell phones. not talking facebook and whatnot. >> well, we are, because the bill will go to facebook and social networking platforms as well. that's what's happening here. the hearing was about mobile privacy. everybody's heard a lot lately about the tracking of you and me and jim bernard and everybody else on their mobile phones and the fact that both apple and google have been criticized for this. then there are broader issues around kids' privacy that relate to geo location services. you see the maps we just had on the screen and the fact that often times you as a user have no id

jim steyer is here to explain how that could lead to hurting kids' self esteem.e also talking about the bill we just mentioned. i know you were a big fan of that bill and were very disappointed when it went down. >> in principle, yes. we're talking two related phenomenon. one is cyber bullying, which this website encourages in an anonymous fashion. it's really, really scary. should be scary to every parent of anybody under the age of 18 out there. and the second is the privacy issue. cyber bullying and privacy are related. >> yes, because anybody can say anything if your name's not attached to it. >> right now, let's be honest about it. the internet is a wild, wild west. and there are -- even cell phones. so there are no real rules out there right now. what consumer advocates are trying to do is put some degree of rules out there. in the case of common sense, rules that protect kids under the age of 18. that's really what's going on here. now, you're seeing form spring, which site that allows you to basically say anything anonymously. it's a social networking sit

for more on what that means for parents and some advice, jim steyer with common sense media joins us. what is the issue here? >> well, the issue here today, a new study came out from consumer reports this week that said that 7.5 million kids under the age of 13 are on facebook now regularly. >> and that is something that facebook has actually said they prohibited. >> that's correct. facebook says there's nobody under the age of 13, and there's supposed to be nobody under the age of 13 on facebook. this is a huge issue, okay? >> now, why is it a problem? >> well, it's a problem because facebook is a platform that people under the age of 13 shouldn't be on. i would argue there are many kids over the age of 13 that shouldn't be on facebook either because of some of the implications. >> what are those? >> social, emotional development, psychological issues that develop when you're constantly comparing yourself to somebody. >> yes, people say facebook causes depression. >> yes, huge privacy issues, issues around harassment and cyber bullying. so there's enormous issues about this platform