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[00:01:09] >> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SETTLEMENT AND WHAT THIS MEANS
[00:01:12] FOR META. THE TERMS OF THE
[00:01:15] AGREEMENT THEY HAVE AGREED UP TO, PAID UP TO 18 BILLION IN
[00:01:19] PENALTIES, STRICTER AGE
[00:01:22] VERIFICATION, TWO HOUR DAILY LIMIT ACROSS FACEBOOK AND
[00:01:25] INSTAGRAM. UNLESS PARENTS GIVE PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME.
[00:01:28] ABILITY TO TURN OFF AUTOPLAY
[00:01:32] FEATURE MEANING CONTENT NO
[00:01:34] LONGER JUST AUTOMATICALLY PLAYS CLEAR PROMPTS AND NOTIFICATIONS
[00:01:37] TO TEENS EVERY 15 MINUTES OF
[00:01:40] CONTINUOUS SCREEN TIME. DEFAULT
[00:01:42] BLOCKS FROM APPS AT NIGHT. MUTED NOTIFICATIONS DURING SCHOOL
[00:01:46] HOURS, AND NEW PARENTAL
[00:01:48] SUPERVISION CONTROLS. PARENTS CAN DECIDE HOW THEIR TEENS USE
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[00:01:54] DISCUSS MORE OF THIS LAWSUIT IS JAY JONES, VIRGINIA STATE
[00:01:57] ATTORNEY GENERAL. MR. JONES, HOW
[00:02:01] DID YOU AND THE OTHER STATES
[00:02:04] COME TOGETHER? AND AND WHEN DID
[00:02:05] YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE THIS LAWSUIT? >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK
[00:02:09] YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND I WILL NOTE THAT THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN
[00:02:13] MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT STARTED WITH AN
[00:02:16] INVESTIGATION IN 2021 AND HAS
[00:02:18] GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT. AND I
[00:02:22] CANNOT UNDERSTATE HOW MONUMENTAL THE RESULT OF THIS SETTLEMENT
[00:02:25] IS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR OFFICE,
[00:02:28] WHO STARTED THIS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WE
[00:02:31] GOT TO THIS POINT. ULTIMATELY,
[00:02:33] UH, THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS HISTORIC, NOT JUST FOR
[00:02:36] VIRGINIA, BUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE NOT JUST A
[00:02:40] LANDMARK SETTLEMENT IN TERMS OF DOLLAR FIGURES, BUT THE
[00:02:42] GUARDRAILS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE WILL KEEP CHILDREN SAFE
[00:02:46] FOR GENERATIONS. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A
[00:02:50] BIPARTISAN EFFORT. THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST DEMOCRATS OR
[00:02:54] REPUBLICANS, A LARGE COALITION OF STATES WERE ABLE TO SECURE
[00:02:56] THIS BY WORKING TOGETHER, WHICH
[00:02:58] I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT
[00:03:02] NOW IN THIS MOMENT WHERE WE ARE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. >> THE CASE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
[00:03:04] HEADING TO TO TRIAL. PROCEEDINGS
[00:03:08] HAD BEGUN. HOW DID THE SETTLEMENT COME ABOUT? >> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
[00:03:11] TALKING ABOUT IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT I THINK IT GAINED
[00:03:14] MOMENTUM IN RECENT DAYS, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE
[00:03:17] STRENGTH OF OUR CASE IN CHIEF. WE WERE LITIGATING IN THE
[00:03:20] NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT
[00:03:22] THAT MY TEAM WAS THERE IN THE COURTROOM, ASSISTING TO MAKE
[00:03:26] THIS HAPPEN. BUT I THINK THAT META SAW THAT THE THINGS THAT
[00:03:29] THEY HAD DONE OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS TO HARM CHILDREN,
[00:03:32] REALLY WERE ABOUT TO COME TO A HEAD. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO
[00:03:35] EXTRACT THESE CONCESSIONS FROM THEM THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY
[00:03:39] THAT OUR CHILDREN ENGAGE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. IT WILL BE A
[00:03:42] FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR META AND INSTAGRAM, AND HOPEFULLY, MORE
[00:03:46] SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES WILL FOLLOW SUIT HERE VERY SOON.
[00:03:48] >> HOW WILL THE MONEY BE PAID OUT?
[00:03:51] >> WELL, WE WILL GET A PAYMENT IN VIRGINIA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, AND THEN WE'LL GET ANOTHER
[00:03:55] PAYMENT IN JANUARY, AND THEN THEY WILL CONTINUE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, I THINK, FOR EIGHT MORE
[00:03:58] YEARS. SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT MONEY COMING INTO
[00:04:02] OUR STATE. OTHER STATES OBVIOUSLY, CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THIS AS WELL. BUT AGAIN,
[00:04:06] THE MONEY IS IMPORTANT. BUT I CANNOT UNDERSCORE HOW IMPORTANT
[00:04:10] THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE SECURED IN THE SETTLEMENT WILL BE. THE
[00:04:14] AGE RESTRICTIONS, THE INCREASED PARENTAL CONTROLS, THE LIMITING
[00:04:17] OF NOTIFICATIONS THAT ARE SENT DURING SCHOOL HOURS, AND AT
[00:04:20] NIGHTTIME. THE LIST GOES ON. THESE WILL REALLY PUT THESE
[00:04:24] NECESSARY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN. I HAVE TWO YOUNG BOYS MYSELF. THEY ARE FOUR
[00:04:28] AND TWO, SO ALMOST SCHOOL AGE.
[00:04:30] BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
[00:04:34] THE ABILITY FOR PARENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO HELP CONTROL THE USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT
[00:04:37] THESE CHILDREN ARE SEEING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD
[00:04:41] INCREDIBLY DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES, AND THIS
[00:04:44] IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD TO
[00:04:48] KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE. >> DID META AGREE THAT THIS HAS HAD HARM TO CHILDREN'S MENTAL
[00:04:52] HEALTH? >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WHAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM
[00:04:55] THIS, IS THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
[00:04:59] THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR, FOR SO LONG. THIS IS GOING TO
[00:05:02] HELP CHILDREN IN VIRGINIA. IT'S GOING TO HELP CHILDREN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT
[00:05:06] SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME AN ADDICTION. IT HAS BECOME AN EVER
[00:05:09] PRESENT PART OF THEIR LIVES, AND IT HAS HARMED THEM IN WAYS THAT
[00:05:12] WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEASURE. BUT THIS IS
[00:05:15] A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD. IT IS A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR PARENTS, FOR CHILDREN, FOR
[00:05:19] FAMILIES, FOR TEACHERS. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. AND I'M REALLY
[00:05:22] PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID AS PART OF A BIPARTISAN COALITION.
[00:05:26] STATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY JOINING TOGETHER TO HOLD THE
[00:05:29] BIGGEST TECH COMPANY ON THE PLANET ACCOUNTABLE AND DELIVER RESULTS.
[00:05:33] >> FRONT PAGE OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES THIS MORNING. MR. JONES,
[00:05:36] STATES, HAVE NO PLANS FOR
[00:05:38] SPENDING META FUNDS HARM CHILDREN? NOT IN THE SETTLEMENT,
[00:05:42] AND THEY GO ON TO NOTE THE BREAKDOWN AMONG STATES. DOES
[00:05:46] VIRGINIA HAVE PLANS FOR THIS MONEY?
[00:05:49] >> WELL, I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE SETTLEMENT, HALF OF THE MONEY IS
[00:05:52] TO BE USED FOR REMEDIATION TO
[00:05:54] HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND TACKLE THIS CRISIS IN VIRGINIA
[00:05:57] IS READY AND ENGAGED. I CAMPAIGNED LAST YEAR ON KEEPING
[00:06:01] OUR KIDS SAFE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN
[00:06:03] THIS EFFORT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR POLICY
[00:06:06] MAKERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS DEPLOYED IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT OUR
[00:06:10] CHILDREN. THIS IS, AGAIN, A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR VIRGINIA,
[00:06:13] ONE OF THE LARGEST SETTLEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMONWEALTH. I THINK THAT'S
[00:06:17] PRETTY TRUE FOR OTHER STATES AS WELL. AND THIS IS A MOMENT FOR
[00:06:19] US TO REALLY PUT OUR MONEY AND
[00:06:24] OUR DOLLARS BEHIND AN EFFORT THAT IS LONG OVERDUE. AGAIN,
[00:06:27] THIS CASE HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS ONGOING, AND NOW WE FINALLY HAVE
[00:06:30] AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS MONEY
[00:06:33] TO HELP UNPLUG OUR KIDS, TO HELP PUT THEM IN PLACES AND SPACES WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
[00:06:37] DRAWN IN BY SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ARE LIMITING HARM. AND THIS IS TRULY
[00:06:41] HISTORIC. >> FRONT PAGE OF THE NEW YORK
[00:06:44] TIMES THIS MORNING. META. AFTER
[00:06:46] BINDING ITS HANDS ONCE ITS RIVALS TO DO LIKEWISE. WHAT IS
[00:06:50] YOUR MESSAGE TO THE OTHER BIG TECH COMPANIES? >> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD
[00:06:53] EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. IF YOU ARE DOING
[00:06:55] HARM TO OUR KIDS, WE ARE GOING TO COME AFTER YOU. I THINK THIS
[00:06:59] IS JUST A JUMPING OFF POINT. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. AND,
[00:07:03] VIRGINIA, WE'VE DRAWN OUR LINE IN THE SAND. WE WERE COMMITTED
[00:07:05] TO THIS EFFORT FROM 2021, AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
[00:07:09] DEPLOY THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THIS SETTLEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
[00:07:12] THIS IS ENFORCED, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE OUR RESOURCES AND GO AFTER OTHERS WHO ARE HARMING OUR
[00:07:16] CHILDREN. WE KNOW THAT FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ARE NOT THE ONLY
[00:07:20] PLATFORMS THAT HAVE THESE
[00:07:21] ALGORITHMS THAT HAVE THESE
[00:07:25] CONTENT. DRIVERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE. AND
[00:07:28] AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM'S BUSINESS
[00:07:32] PRACTICES. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT FOR OTHER COMPANIES AS WELL.
[00:07:35] >> J JONES, SHOULD KIDS UNDER 16
[00:07:37] BE BANNED FROM USING SOCIAL MEDIA? >> LOOK, I THINK THOSE ARE
[00:07:41] DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEFT TO STATE POLICYMAKERS. WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE IN
[00:07:45] VIRGINIA WHO ARE THOUGHTFUL, WHO ARE LISTENERS, WHO TALK TO PARENTS AND TALK TO TEACHERS,
[00:07:49] AND TALK TO STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I CAN'T SPEAK TO
[00:07:52] WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES, BUT IN VIRGINIA, WE ARE
[00:07:54] REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THE MOST
[00:07:58] SUPPORT POSSIBLE, AND THAT THEY AREN'T BEING HARMED BY THESE
[00:08:01] SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ANYMORE. >> J. JONES IS THE VIRGINIA
[00:08:04] STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL DEMOCRAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
[00:08:08] >> THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU AGAIN SOON
[00:08:11] >> AND META RESPONDED TO THE SETTLEMENT CASE IN AN OPEN
[00:08:15] LETTER TO OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
[00:08:17] COMPANIES, TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE,
[00:08:19] SAYING, WE WANT TO ENSURE TEENS
[00:08:22] BENEFIT FROM THIS NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD, BUT WE CANNOT DO IT
[00:08:25] ALONE. THESE PROTECTIONS WILL ONLY BE TRULY EFFECTIVE IF WE
[00:08:29] WORK WITH OUR PEERS. TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE, TO PUT THE SAME
[00:08:32] MEASURES IN PLACE. ALL PLATFORMS
[00:08:35] SHOULD EMPOWER PARENTS AND
[00:08:38] SUPPORT TEENS IN THESE WAYS. THAT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
[00:08:42] WHEN TEENS ARE RESTRICTED ON ONE APP, THEY SIMPLY MOVE TO ANOTHER
[00:08:45] FOR MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TO HAPPEN. WE URGE OUR PEERS TO
[00:08:49] JOIN US, AND MORE ON THAT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING
[00:08:53] THIS MORNING. META, AFTER BINDING ITS HANDS, WANTS TO
[00:08:56] RIVALS TO DO LIKEWISE. AND THEY SAY THIS IS HOW THE SETTLEMENT
[00:09:00] WILL WORK. THE BASELINE OF
[00:09:02] META'S MONETARY SETTLEMENT IS
[00:09:04] 12 BILLION. THE COMPANY HAS ALSO AGREED TO A TWO HOUR DAILY TIME
[00:09:08] LIMIT FOR CHILDREN. METAL WILL REDUCE THAT TO ONE HOUR. IF
[00:09:12] YOUTUBE AND TIKTOK ALSO AGREE TO
[00:09:14] A ONE HOUR LIMIT, AND IF THE
[00:09:16] OTHER COMPANIES ALSO PAY 5
[00:09:19] BILLION TO THE STATES, META WILL
[00:09:22] THROW IN THE REST OF THE 5 BILLION OR SO, AS IT HAS
[00:09:26] PROMISED. SO, META, LAYING AN
[00:09:29] INCENTIVE OUT TO NOT ONLY AVOID
[00:09:32] LAWSUITS TO TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE,
[00:09:34] BUT ALSO IN INCENTIVIZING THEM
[00:09:38] TO JOIN IN LIMITING TEENS ACCESS
[00:09:42] TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
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