CSPAN — Washington Journal Jay Jones
20260828 215400 UTC
219 transcript segments
Original Broadcaster Captioning (Enhanced)
Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive.
Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record.

[00:00:00] OTHER IS REALLY NOT WORKING.
[00:00:02] CONGRESS IS NOT REALLY
[00:00:05] PRACTICING THE OVERSIGHT -- INCLUDING OF THINGS LIKE WAR
[00:00:09] POWERS -- THAT THE FOUNDERS ABSOLUTELY INTENDED FOR THEM TO DO.
[00:00:12] HOST: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE TAKE AWAY IS FOR FOLKS?
[00:00:16] WHY SHOULD THEY READ THIS?
[00:00:17] GUEST: I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM
[00:00:20] THAT EVEN IF PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO WE CELEBRATE,
[00:00:23] WITH STATUES AND MONUMENTS, IF YOU COULD MAKE AN EXTRAORDINARY
[00:00:27] MISTAKE -- OR MANY EXTRAORDINARY MISTAKES -- AND STILL GO ON TO
[00:00:30] DO GREAT THINGS, WE CAN TOO.
[00:00:31] HOST: THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT
[00:00:35] GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AT MOUNT VERNON AND THE
[00:00:38] AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "MAKING THE
[00:00:40] PRESIDENCY: JOHN ADAMS AND THE PRECEDENTS THAT FORGED THE REPUBLIC."
[00:00:46] YOU CAN FIND THIS PIECE ON THE JOURNAL'S WEBSITE, HOW GEORGE
[00:00:50] WASHINGTON'S DEFEAT LED TO AMERICA'S VICTORY.
[00:00:53] AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THE HISTORY LESSON.
[00:00:58] TAKE A LOOK AT THE SETTLEMENT AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR META. THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
[00:01:03] THEY HAVE AGREED TO PAY UP TO 18
[00:01:06] BILLION IN PENALTIES, STRICTER
[00:01:08] AGE VERIFICATION, TWO HOUR DAILY
[00:01:12] LIMIT ACROSS FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM -- UNLESS PARENTS GIVE
[00:01:15] PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME,
[00:01:18] THE ABILITY TO TURN OFF AUTOPLAY FEATURE -- MEANING CONTENT NO
[00:01:21] LONGER JUST AUTOMATICALLY PLAYS,
[00:01:25] CLEAR PROMPTS AND NOTIFICATIONS TO TEENAGERS EVERY 15 MINUTES OF
[00:01:29] CONTINUOUS SCREEN TIME, DEFAULT
[00:01:31] BLOCKS FROM APPS AT NIGHT, AND MUTED NOTIFICATIONS DURING
[00:01:35] SCHOOL HOURS, AND NEW PARENTAL SUPERVISION CONTROLS.
[00:01:38] PARENTS CAN DECIDE HOW THEIR TEENS USE THESE APPS.
[00:01:42] JOINING US TO DISCUSS MORE OF
[00:01:44] THIS LAWSUIT IS JAY JONES, VIRGINIA STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
[00:01:48] MR. JONES, HOW DID YOU AND THE OTHER STATES COME TOGETHER AND
[00:01:52] WHEN DID YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE
[00:01:55] THIS LAWSUIT? GUEST: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[00:01:59] I WILL NOTE THAT THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING.
[00:02:04] I STARTED WITH AN INVESTIGATION IN 2020 ONE, AND IT HAS GOT US
[00:02:08] TO THIS POINT. I CANNOT UNDERSTATE HOW
[00:02:11] MONUMENTAL THE RESULT OF THIS SETTLEMENT IS.
[00:02:13] AND I WOULD SAY THE FOLKS -- ESPECIALLY IN OUR OFFICE WHO STARTED THIS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
[00:02:18] -- COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WE GOT TO THIS POINT ULTIMATELY.
[00:02:21] THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS HISTORIC, NOT JUST FOR
[00:02:24] VIRGINIA, BUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
[00:02:27] WE HAVE NOT JUST A LANDMARK SETTLEMENT IN TERMS OF DOLLAR
[00:02:30] FIGURES, BUT THE GUARDRAILS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE WILL KEEP
[00:02:34] CHILDREN SAFE FOR GENERATIONS, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS
[00:02:38] IS A BIPARTISAN EFFORT. THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST
[00:02:42] DEMOCRATS OR REPUBLICANS. A LARGE COALITION OF STATES WERE
[00:02:44] ABLE TO SECURE THIS BY WORKING TOGETHER, WHICH I THINK IS
[00:02:48] REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT WHERE
[00:02:50] WE ARE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY.
[00:02:53] HOST: THE CASE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HEADED TO TRIAL, PROCEEDINGS
[00:02:56] HAD BEGUN COME OUT THAT THE SETTLEMENT COME UP? GUEST: WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
[00:03:00] IT FOR SOME TIME. IT GAINED MOMENTUM IN RECENT
[00:03:04] DAYS IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF OUR CASE IN CHIEF.
[00:03:07] WE WERE LITIGATING IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT
[00:03:11] THAT MY TEAM WAS THERE IN THE COURTROOM ASSISTING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
[00:03:15] BUT I THINK META SAW THAT THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD DONE OVER
[00:03:18] THE COURSE MANY YEARS TO HARM CHILDREN REALLY WERE ABOUT TO
[00:03:21] COME TO A HEAD. SO WE WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT THESE
[00:03:25] CONCESSIONS FROM THEM THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY THAT OUR CHILDREN
[00:03:28] ENGAGE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. IT WILL BE A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT
[00:03:31] IN THE BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR META AND INSTAGRAM, AND
[00:03:34] HOPEFULLY MORE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES WILL FOLLOW SUIT SOON.
[00:03:37] HOST: HOW WILL THE MONEY BE PAID
[00:03:44] OUT? GUEST: WE WILL GET A PAYMENT IN VIRGINIA IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS AND
[00:03:47] ANOTHER PAYMENT IN JANUARY -- THEN THEY WILL CONTINUE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS I THINK FOR EIGHT MORE YEARS. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT
[00:03:51] MONEY COMING INTO OUR STATE. OTHER STATES OBVIOUSLY BENEFIT AS WELL.
[00:03:55] THE MONEY IS IMPORTANT, BUT I CANNOT UNDERSCORE HOW IMPORTANT
[00:03:58] THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE SECURED IN THIS SETTLEMENT WILL BE.
[00:04:03] THE EIGHT RESTRICTIONS, THE INCREASED PARENTAL CONTROLS, THE
[00:04:06] LIMITING OF NOTIFICATIONS SENT DURING SCHOOL HOURS AND AT NIGHTTIME. THE LIST GOES ON.
[00:04:10] THESE WILL PUT THESE NECESSARY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
[00:04:14] I HAVE TWO YOUNG BOYS MYSELF.
[00:04:16] THEY ARE FOUR AND TWO. ALMOST SCHOOL-AGED.
[00:04:19] I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE ABILITY FOR PARENTS ACROSS THIS
[00:04:23] COUNTRY TO HELP CONTROL THE USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND WITH THESE CHILDREN ARE SEEING,
[00:04:27] BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'VE HAD INCREDIBLY DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER
[00:04:31] ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES. THIS IS A HUGE DEBT FORWARD TO
[00:04:35] KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE.
[00:04:36] HOST: DID META AGREE THIS HAS
[00:04:39] HAD HARM TO CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH? GUEST: YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT IS
[00:04:42] REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM THIS IS, THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS AND
[00:04:46] CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR FOR SO LONG.
[00:04:49] THIS IS GOING TO HELP CHILDREN IN VIRGINIA. IT'S GOING TO HELP CHILDREN
[00:04:52] ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT SOCIAL MEDIA HAS
[00:04:55] BECOME AN ADDICTION. IT HAS BECOME AN EVER PRESENT
[00:04:58] PART OF THEIR LIVES AND HARMED THEM IN WAYS WE ARE STILL TRYING
[00:05:01] TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEASURE. BUT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP
[00:05:04] FORWARD AND IS A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR PARENTS, FOR CHILDREN, FOR
[00:05:08] FAMILIES, FOR TEACHERS, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
[00:05:11] I REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK WE DO THAT'S PART OF A BIPARTISAN
[00:05:15] COALITION. STATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY JOINING TOGETHER TO HOLD THE
[00:05:18] BIGGEST TECH COMPANY ON THE PLANET ACCOUNTABLE AND DELIVER RESULTS.
[00:05:22] HOST: THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES THIS MORNING, MR. JONES.
[00:05:25] STATES HAVE NO PLANS FOR SPENDING META FUNDS.
[00:05:28] HARM CHILDREN NOT IN THE SETTLEMENT.
[00:05:32] THEY GO ON TO NOTE THE BREAKDOWN AMONG STATES DOES VIRGINIA HAVE
[00:05:35] PLANS FOR THIS MONEY? GUEST: WELL, I WILL NOTE IN THE
[00:05:39] SETTLEMENT HALF OF THE MONEY IS TO BE USED FOR REMEDIATION TO
[00:05:42] HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND TACKLE THIS CRISIS.
[00:05:45] VIRGINIA IS READY AND ENGAGED. I CAN PAINT LAST YEAR AND
[00:05:48] KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN THIS EFFORT, AND WE
[00:05:53] LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR POLICYMAKERS TO MAKE SURE THE
[00:05:56] MONEY IS DEPLOYED IN WAYS THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN.
[00:05:59] THIS IS A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR VIRGINIA, ONE OF THE LARGEST
[00:06:02] SETTLEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMONWEALTH. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY TRUE FOR OTHER STATES AS WELL.
[00:06:07] THIS IS A MOMENT FOR US TO REALLY PUT OUR -- PUT OUR MONEY
[00:06:11] AND OUR DOLLARS BEHIND THE EFFORT
[00:06:15] THIS CASE HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS ONGOING AND NOW WE FINALLY HAVE
[00:06:18] AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS MONEY
[00:06:21] TO HELP UNPLUG OUR KIDS, PUT
[00:06:27] THEM IN PLACES THEY WILL NOT BE DRAWN IN BY SOCIAL MEDIA AND THIS IS TRULY HISTORIC.
[00:06:30] HOST: FRONT PAGE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES.
[00:06:33] META, AFTER BIDING ITS HANDS,
[00:06:37] ONCE ITS TRAVEL TO DO LIKEWISE. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE OTHER BIG TECH COMPANIES?
[00:06:41] GUEST: WE WILL HOLD EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:06:45] IF YOU DO HARM TO OUR KIDS, WE WILL COME AFTER YOU.
[00:06:48] THIS IS A JUMPING OFF POINT. IT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
[00:06:53] IN VIRGINIA, WE HAVE DRAWN OUR LINE IN THE SAND. WE HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS
[00:06:57] EFFORT SINCE 2021. WE CAN DEPLOY THE FUNDS WE GET
[00:07:01] FROM THIS SETTLEMENT TO MAKE SURE IT IS ENFORCED. WE CAN TAKE OUR RESOURCES AND GO
[00:07:04] AFTER OTHERS HARMING OUR CHILDREN.
[00:07:09] FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH THESE ALGORITHMS AND THIS CONTENT.
[00:07:13] WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:07:17] THIS WILL BE A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT
[00:07:18] IN FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM'S BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT WE LOOK
[00:07:22] FORWARD TO DOING THAT FOR OTHER COMPANIES.
[00:07:23] HOST: JAY JONES, SHOULD KIDS
[00:07:27] UNDER 16 BE BANNED FROM USING SOCIAL MEDIA?
[00:07:29] GUEST: THOSE ARE DECISIONS THAT
[00:07:33] WILL BE LEFT TO STATE POLICYMAKERS. WE HAVE PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA MORE LISTENERS.
[00:07:40] IN VIRGINIA, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
[00:07:42] MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE
[00:07:47] THE MOST SUPPORT POSSIBLE AND ARE NOT HARMED BY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ANYMORE.
[00:07:50] HOST: JAY JONES IS THE VIRGINIA
[00:07:55] STATE ATTORNEY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GUEST: THANK YOU.
[00:07:59] I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU SOON. HOST: META RESPONDED TO THE
[00:08:03] SETTLEMENT CASE IN AN OPEN LETTER TO OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
[00:08:07] COMPANIES, TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE,
[00:08:10] SAYING WANT TO MAKE SURE TEENS
[00:08:14] BENEFIT FROM THE STANDARD BUT WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE. IT WILL ONLY BE EFFECTIVE IF WE
[00:08:17] WORK WITH OUR PEERS, TIKTOK AND
[00:08:21] YOUTUBE TO PUT THE SEND MEASURES IN PLACE.
[00:08:25] ALL PLATFORMS SHOULD EMPOWER PARENTS AND SUPPORT TEENS IN THIS WAY.
[00:08:29] WE KNOW WHEN TEENS ARE
[00:08:31] RESTRICTED ON ONE APP, THEY SIMPLY MOVED TO ANOTHER.
[00:08:35] WE URGE OUR PEERS TO JOIN US.
[00:08:40] THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING
[00:08:40] THIS MORNING THAT META AFTER BINDING HIS HANDS OF WANTS
[00:08:44] RIVALS TO DO LIKEWISE. THIS IS HOW THE SETTLEMENT WILL WORK.
[00:08:48] THE BASELINE OF META'S MONETARY
[00:08:52] SETTLEMENT IS $12 BILLION. THE COMPANY HAS AGREED TO A
[00:08:56] TWO-HOUR DAILY TIME LIMIT TO CHILDREN.
[00:08:58] META WILL REDUCE STATUE TO ONE
[00:09:02] HOUR IF YOUTUBE AND TIKTOK AGREE
[00:09:04] TO A ONE HOUR LIMIT. .
[00:09:07] AND IF OTHER COMPANIES ALSO PAY
[00:09:08] $5 MILLION TO THE STATES, META
[00:09:13] WILL THROW IN THE REST OF THE $5 BILLION AS IT HAS PROMISED.
[00:09:15] META LAYING AN INCENTIVE OUT TO
[00:09:20] NOT ONLY AVOID LAWSUITS TO
[00:09:22] TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE BUT ALSO
[00:09:25] INCENTIVIZING THEM TO JOIN IN
[00:09:27] LIMITING TEENS' ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
[00:09:32] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2026] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY.
[00:09:36] VISIT NCICAP.ORG] ♪ >> YOU ARE WATCHING C-SPAN. DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
[00:09:39] >> C-SPAN BRINGS YOU DEMOCRACY
[00:09:43] UNFILTERED IN REAL TIME. DEMOCRACY DOES NOT TAKE SIDES.
[00:09:47] NEITHER DOES C-SPAN.
[00:09:49] IN A WORLD FULL OF OPINIONS, C-SPAN GIVES YOU DIRECT ACCESS
[00:09:53] TO THE PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS
[00:09:55] THAT SHAPE OUR NATION.
[00:10:00] UNFILTERED COVERAGE OF CONGRESS AS LAWS ARE DEBATED AND DECIDED. LIVE PROCEEDINGS FROM THE U.S.
[00:10:03] SUPREME COURT, PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES, BRIEFINGS AND
[00:10:07] HISTORICAL MOMENTS AS THEY HAPPEN.
[00:10:11] NO COMMENTARY, NO SPIN AND NO AGENDA.
[00:10:13] JUST THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
[00:10:16] PRESENTED IN FULL WITHOUT INTERRUPTION SO YOU CAN WATCH
[00:10:19] THE DEBATES, HEAR EVERY WORD AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND.
[00:10:21] >> C-SPAN'S RESPECTED NONPROFIT
[00:10:25] SERVICE HAS OFFERED AMERICANS UNFILTERED GAVEL TO GAVEL COVERAGE.
[00:10:29] >> C-SPAN, BRINGING YOU DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
[00:10:33] C-SPAN IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE CABLE, SATELLITE AND STREAMING
[00:10:38] COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE C-SPAN AS A PUBLIC SERVICE.
[00:10:41] >> TODAY ON C-SPAN CEASEFIRE, A
[00:10:45] BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE STATE OF POLITICS, THE FUTURE ABOUT PARTIES AND MIDTERM
[00:10:49] ELECTIONS FEATURING CHRIS SUNUN
[00:10:53] AND HEIDI HEITKAMP.
[00:10:58] JOINED BY HOST DASHA BURNS. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT JOINT
[00:11:02] EFFORTS TO TACKLE PROBLEMS IN RURAL COMMUNITY.
[00:11:06] CEASE-FIRE TODAY AT 7:00 AT 10:00 P.M. EASTERN AND PACIFIC ONLY ON C-SPAN.
[00:11:10] >> EARLIER TODAY FEDERAL RESERVE
[00:11:13] CHAIR KEVIN WARSH GAVE HIS FIRST
[00:11:15] MAJOR ADDRESS TO FINANCIAL LEADERS IN WYOMING FOR A SYMPOSIUM.
[00:11:20] HE ADDRESSED INFLATION AND DID NOT RULE OUT A POTENTIAL
[00:11:23] INTEREST RATE INCREASE AS THE CENTRAL BANK WORKS TOWARD A
[00:11:26] LOWER INFLATION TARGET. HE POINTED TO OTHER FACTORS
[00:11:29] SHAPING THE ECONOMY, INCLUDING NEW INVESTMENTS INTO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
[00:11:34] WE WILL SHOW HIS REMARKS IN FULL TONIGHT AT 8:00 EASTERN ON
[00:11:39] C-SPAN, C-SPAN NOW AND ONLINE AT C-SPAN.ORG.
[00:11:45] ♪
[00:11:47] >> AMERICA MARKS 250 YEARS AND
[00:11:53] C-SPAN IS THERE TO COMMEMORATE EVERY MOMENT. FROM THE SIGNING OF THE
[00:11:57] DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO
[00:11:59] THE VOICES SHAPING OUR NATION'S
[00:12:02] FUTURE, WE BRING YOU UNPRECEDENTED ALL PLATFORM
[00:12:05] COVERAGE EXPLORING THE STORIES AND THE SPIRIT THAT MAKES UP AMERICA.
[00:12:10] JOIN US FOR COAST-TO-COAST COVERAGE CELEBRATING OUR NATION'S JOURNEY LIKE NO OTHER
[00:12:16] NETWORK. AND PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY OUR TELEVISION PARTNERS. AMERICA 250.
[00:12:21] OVER A YEAR OF HISTORIC MOMENTS.
[00:12:24] C-SPAN, OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER OF AMERICA 250.
[00:12:27] >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TRAVELED TO
[00:12:31] HOUSTON TO TAKE PART IN AN AWARD CEREMONY, PRESENTING THE
[00:12:35] CONGRESSIONAL SPACE MEDAL OF HONOR TO NASA'S ARTEMIS II CREWMEMBERS.
[00:12:41] HE SPOKE WITH ASTRONAUTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. HERE IS A LOOK. ♪
[00:12:51] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
[00:12:55] JARED: MR. PRESIDENT, WELCOME TO JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.