. >> journalist sarah frier is the author of this new book, "no filter: the inside story of instagram." when was instagram started, and by who? sarah: it is crazy to think about, but about a decade ago was when instagram was started, and it transformed our lives so much in the meantime. it was started by these two men who had gone to stanford and tried a lot of different tech companies, settling on this idea that they wanted to enter the mobile app race. at this time, we had just started buying iphones and had the ability to take a camera with us wherever we went. instagram was really the first app that captured that idea that the internet was something that could come with you, and that you could incorporate social media into your life, whether you are going to a restaurant or a wedding, or when you are out and about, you can post what you see. host: how many users are on instagram today? sarah: more than one billion, although we have not gotten updated numbers since 2018 because of some internal corporate drama, which we can talk about in a bit. host: and we will. but what was the g

lot closer as friends, and i think whatever they do next they will probably do together. >> host: sarah frieris based in san francisco where she reports on social media for bloomberg news. ms. frier, it kevin and mike dissipate in "no filter"? >> guest: yes, and i talked to hundreds of current and former instagram and facebook employees. the one important character who did not speak for the book, mark zuckerberg. luckily i have a lot of sources at the top of facebook and i was able to craft his side of the story pretty well, but it wasn't a story that he wanted to be a part of. >> host: . besides india quote saying that he saw the instagram has great growth potential, and that's why he wanted to buy it. >> host: in your book "no filter" it seems that silicon valley is a relatively small world, a lot of boldfaced names appear in your book and are seem to be a lot of relationships out there. >> guest: it's really interesting that just in his early years at stanford and since graduating, kevin systrom was able to have the opportunity to work for facebook, google and twitter, and chose to work fo

. >> journalist sarah frier is the author of this new book, "no filter: the inside story of instagram." when was instagram started, and by who? sarah: it is crazy to think about, but about a decade ago was when instagram was started, and it transformed our lives so much in the meantime. it was started by these two men who had gone to stanford and tried a lot of different tech companies, settling on this idea that they wanted to enter the mobile app race.

sarah frier there.oming up, is big tech's decision to ban parler and president trump's accounts enough? we will hear from the ceo of the antidefamation league, calling for all social media platforms to ban trump forever. he also has been tracking threats, potentially new riots to come online. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ (announcer) do you want to reduce stress? shed pounds? do you want to flatten your stomach? do all that and more in just 10 minutes a day with aerotrainer, the total body fitness solution that uses its revolutionary ergonomic design to help you to maintain comfortable, correct form. that means better results in less time. you can do an uncomfortable, old-fashioned crunch or an aerotrainer super crunch. turn regular planks into turbo planks without getting down on the floor. and there are over 20 exercises to choose from. incredible for improving flexibility and perfect for enhancing yoga and pilates. and safe for all fitness levels. get gym results at home in just 10 minutes a day

. >> author sarah frier, saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on "the communicators." on his first full day of office president biden ,signed a series of executive orders and also -- saying things will continue to get worse before they get better. hey -- president biden: hey, dr.. good to see. good afternoon. before i begin today's announcement, let me take a few moments to thank all the law enforcement folks for all they did, the military personnel from all across the federal, state and local agencies that secured yesterday's inaugural activities. and a special thanks to members of national guard from around the country. it was an unprecedented situation. hopefully will never have to be renewed again. and everyone handled it with the most professionalism and duty and honor that can be expected. as president, as commander-in-chief i always , revere their service and that of their families. now to today's announcement. vice president harris and i were joined by members of our covid-19 response team and dr. tony fauci, our chief covid medical advisor. javier becerra, our

. >> saturday on "the communicators," sarah frier, author of "no filter," discusses her book about instagram and its affect on social media. >> you have to think that instagram also reflects all of the celebrities around the world as well and all of the brands -- c-span, i'm sure, has instagram. bloomberg has instagram. all of these accounts are doing instagram. but there are also these homegrown people, these people who otherwise would not have a voice, who are building these audiences without having to go through the normal gatekeepers, becoming a comedian without needing to get bookings. this is a place where people can just demonstrate what they are good at and build a following and, eventually, become famous. >> author sarah frier, saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on "the communicators." on his first full day of office president biden ,signed a series of executive orders and also -- saying things will continue to get worse before they get better. hey -- president biden: hey, dr.. good to see. good afternoon. before i begin today's

for more, i want to bring in sarah frier. is not back but they appear to have a new web hosting service, which would take the place of amazon web services? sarah: right. basically, they are able to get their website functioning. they are using the same -- following the charlottesville riot. it is also provided by a russian firm. so, they are not fully functional. if you go to the website, it is not like you get the full social network back. it will be a while before we see maybe similar levels of activity. the thing is that they are not back in the apple app store or the google app store, and this is really where you build an audience if you are to build a social network. you are not going to do it so well just with a website. emily: ok. has apple or google given any update as to whether parler can return? i know they said they have to have better moderation policies, better systems in place. sarah: i don't think they are going to entertain the possibility until after the inauguration. of course, you would need that moderatio

. >> journalist sarah frier is the author of this new book, "no filter: the inside story of instagram." when was instagram started, and by who? sarah: it is crazy to think about, but about a decade ago was when instagram was started, and it transformed our lives so much in the meantime. it was started by these two men who had gone to stanford and tried a lot of different t

i want to bring in sarah frier, who has been covering the moves facebook and twitter have been making. what is the latest? of course, we are hearing a lot of backlash today. there are folks very critical of the decisions that twitter ceo jack dorsey and mark zuckerberg at facebook have made. that theany indication hits they took in the market will change their position at all? sarah: i don't think so. what the companies are doing is making decisions based on what their employees are asking for and critics are asking for making a move based on what they , think the incoming administration is going to want and certainly a lot of statements from democratic leaders have been that this is too little too late. overall what we have seen is these tech companies not just facebook and twitter but amazon, google, apple and the parler ban, the conservative social network, they are realizing the tech responsibility question cuts both ways. it is not just about what they have banned but what they allowed to remain on their platform. that latter question they are taking into account.not want tot wou

facebook and google have removed his video as senior tech reporter sarah frier in san francisco. this mean, especially for the social media companies, given the prep -- that president trump's presence in these social media arenas have been so big, what will the removal of his content mean? it really is a bit of an experiment they are doing right now. they have never gone this far with trump before. in the past, we've heard from employees and people working on policy there, that they are worried that if they did take severe action on trump, that it would be fitting in with the conservative claims of censorship. a userse, trump is also of these private platforms that have rules that need to be followed. he has come close to the line many times and crossed the line many times. now i think that they have seen, there is a democratic administration coming in, they are a little bit more confident in what they are doing with trump. and also are getting a lot of pressure from their employees to do something. everyone is looking at what is happening with the riots, they are violent, it's s

. >> journalist sarah frier is the author of this new book, "no filter: the inside story of instagram." when was instagram started, and by who? sarah: it is crazy to think about, but about a d

. >> author sarah frier saturday at 6:30 p.m.eastern on the communicators, on c-span. ♪ >> president joe biden and vice president, law -- kamala harris were sworn in wednesday. watch the inaugural ceremonies this weekend again on c-span. see the arrivals and the celebrity performances. >> america has been tested a new risen to the challenge. >> here joe biden's inaugural speech and amanda orman's -- gor man's moving,. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and again at midnight, on c-span, ondemand at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪ >> listen to c-span podcast, the weekly. this week, the former chief of staff and the george h bush administration and former deputy chief of staff in the george w. bush administration shares advice. >> i told him to pay attention to decisions made by the president. you do not want the president making just government decisions, the president should be making presidential decisions, not every government decision. he would be blamed for every government decision, but the president's precious ti

. >> saturday, on "the communicators" sarah friers' book chronicles instagram. sarah: instagram reflects all of the celebrities around the world as well, right, and all of the brands, you know. c-span, i'm sure has an instagram. bloomberg has an instagram. it's all of these accounts that are doing instagram. these are these home-grown people. these people who otherwise maybe wouldn't have a voice who are building these audiences without having to go through the normal gatekeepers. becoming a comedian without needing to get booked for a set. becoming a fitness instructor without having to work at an equinox. this is a place that people can demonstrate what they're good at. and build a following. and eventually become famous. >> author sarah frier saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span. >> house speaker nancy pelosi and republican leader kevin mccarthy held their first briefing since president biden was inaugurated. both speakers talk about their party's agenda under democratic control of the government. we begin with speaker pelosi. speaker

. >> tonight on "the communicators," author sarah frier discusses her book, "no filter, the inside storyinstagram." >> see stem -- c-span has an instagram, bloomberg has an instagram. it's all of these accounts doing instagram, but there are also these homegrown people who otherwise may be wouldn't have a voice who are building these audiences without having to go through the normal gatekeepers. becoming a comedian without needing to book a set. becoming a fitness instructor without having to work at equinox. people can just demonstrate what they are good at and build a following, and eventually become famous. >> author sarah frier, tonight at 8:00 p.m. on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> biden nominees will be on capitol hill this week for their confirmation hearings, tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern before the senate commerce committee, and wednesday at three clock p.m. eastern, former white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough, nominated for secretary of veterans affairs. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> "wa

. >> tonight on "the communicators," author sarah frier discusses her book, "no filter, the inside storyf instagram." >> see stem -- c-span has an instagram, bloomberg has an instagram. it's all of these accounts doing instagram, but there are also these homegrown people who otherwise may be wouldn't have a voice who are building these audiences without having to go through the normal gatekeepers. becoming a comedian without needing to book a set. becoming a fitness instructor without having to work at equinox. people can just demonstrate what they are good at and build a following, and eventually become famous. >> author sarah frier, tonight at 8:00 p.m. on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> biden nominees will be on capitol hill this week for their confirmation hearings, tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern before the senate commerce committee, and wednesday at three clock p.m. eastern, former white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough, nominated for secretary of veterans affairs. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> "

. >> author sarah frier on the communicators. >> by did nominees will be capitol hill this week for confirmations. tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the commerce secretary nominee testifies before the senate commerce committee. wednesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern, denis mcdonough, nominated for secretary of veterans affairs, testifies before the senate veterans affairs committee. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span, on at c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> tonight, a discussion about the development and rollout of the polio vaccine in the 1950's with elena conis. >> once the vaccine was developed and approved and approved for market use within a few hours after test results came out, the nation had to scramble to ensure that everybody who needed the vaccine would get access to that vaccine. that had been in the works for at least a year before the vaccine was approved for market. >> the history end of element of the polio vaccine tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> washington journal continues. host: dr. richard besser is back with us, former acting director of the cent