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00:01:09>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SETTLEMENT AND WHAT THIS MEANS
00:01:12FOR META. THE TERMS OF THE
00:01:15AGREEMENT THEY HAVE AGREED UP TO, PAID UP TO 18 BILLION IN
00:01:19PENALTIES, STRICTER AGE
00:01:22VERIFICATION, TWO HOUR DAILY LIMIT ACROSS FACEBOOK AND
00:01:25INSTAGRAM. UNLESS PARENTS GIVE PERMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME.
00:01:28ABILITY TO TURN OFF AUTOPLAY
00:01:32FEATURE MEANING CONTENT NO
00:01:34LONGER JUST AUTOMATICALLY PLAYS CLEAR PROMPTS AND NOTIFICATIONS
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00:01:40CONTINUOUS SCREEN TIME. DEFAULT
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00:01:48SUPERVISION CONTROLS. PARENTS CAN DECIDE HOW THEIR TEENS USE
00:01:52THESE APPS. JOINING US NOW TO
00:01:54DISCUSS MORE OF THIS LAWSUIT IS JAY JONES, VIRGINIA STATE
00:01:57ATTORNEY GENERAL. MR. JONES, HOW
00:02:01DID YOU AND THE OTHER STATES
00:02:04COME TOGETHER? AND AND WHEN DID
00:02:05YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE THIS LAWSUIT? >> WELL, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK
00:02:09YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND I WILL NOTE THAT THIS EFFORT HAS BEEN
00:02:13MORE THAN FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING. IT STARTED WITH AN
00:02:16INVESTIGATION IN 2021 AND HAS
00:02:18GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT. AND I
00:02:22CANNOT UNDERSTATE HOW MONUMENTAL THE RESULT OF THIS SETTLEMENT
00:02:25IS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR OFFICE,
00:02:28WHO STARTED THIS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WE
00:02:31GOT TO THIS POINT. ULTIMATELY,
00:02:33UH, THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS HISTORIC, NOT JUST FOR
00:02:36VIRGINIA, BUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE NOT JUST A
00:02:40LANDMARK SETTLEMENT IN TERMS OF DOLLAR FIGURES, BUT THE
00:02:42GUARDRAILS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE WILL KEEP CHILDREN SAFE
00:02:46FOR GENERATIONS. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A
00:02:50BIPARTISAN EFFORT. THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST DEMOCRATS OR
00:02:54REPUBLICANS, A LARGE COALITION OF STATES WERE ABLE TO SECURE
00:02:56THIS BY WORKING TOGETHER, WHICH
00:02:58I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND ESPECIALLY RIGHT
00:03:02NOW IN THIS MOMENT WHERE WE ARE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. >> THE CASE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS
00:03:04HEADING TO TO TRIAL. PROCEEDINGS
00:03:08HAD BEGUN. HOW DID THE SETTLEMENT COME ABOUT? >> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
00:03:11TALKING ABOUT IT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, BUT I THINK IT GAINED
00:03:14MOMENTUM IN RECENT DAYS, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE
00:03:17STRENGTH OF OUR CASE IN CHIEF. WE WERE LITIGATING IN THE
00:03:20NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT
00:03:22THAT MY TEAM WAS THERE IN THE COURTROOM, ASSISTING TO MAKE
00:03:26THIS HAPPEN. BUT I THINK THAT META SAW THAT THE THINGS THAT
00:03:29THEY HAD DONE OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS TO HARM CHILDREN,
00:03:32REALLY WERE ABOUT TO COME TO A HEAD. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO
00:03:35EXTRACT THESE CONCESSIONS FROM THEM THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY
00:03:39THAT OUR CHILDREN ENGAGE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. IT WILL BE A
00:03:42FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR META AND INSTAGRAM, AND HOPEFULLY, MORE
00:03:46SOCIAL 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
00:03:55PAYMENT IN JANUARY, AND THEN THEY WILL CONTINUE IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS, I THINK, FOR EIGHT MORE
00:03:58YEARS. SO WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT MONEY COMING INTO
00:04:02OUR STATE. OTHER STATES OBVIOUSLY, CERTAINLY BENEFIT FROM THIS AS WELL. BUT AGAIN,
00:04:06THE MONEY IS IMPORTANT. BUT I CANNOT UNDERSCORE HOW IMPORTANT
00:04:10THE PROTECTIONS THAT WE SECURED IN THE SETTLEMENT WILL BE. THE
00:04:14AGE RESTRICTIONS, THE INCREASED PARENTAL CONTROLS, THE LIMITING
00:04:17OF NOTIFICATIONS THAT ARE SENT DURING SCHOOL HOURS, AND AT
00:04:20NIGHTTIME. THE LIST GOES ON. THESE WILL REALLY PUT THESE
00:04:24NECESSARY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN. I HAVE TWO YOUNG BOYS MYSELF. THEY ARE FOUR
00:04:28AND TWO, SO ALMOST SCHOOL AGE.
00:04:30BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
00:04:34THE ABILITY FOR PARENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO HELP CONTROL THE USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT
00:04:37THESE CHILDREN ARE SEEING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD
00:04:41INCREDIBLY DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES, AND THIS
00:04:44IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD TO
00:04:48KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE. >> DID META AGREE THAT THIS HAS HAD HARM TO CHILDREN'S MENTAL
00:04:52HEALTH? >> YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WHAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE SHOULD TAKE AWAY FROM
00:04:55THIS, IS THAT THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
00:04:59THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR, FOR SO LONG. THIS IS GOING TO
00:05:02HELP CHILDREN IN VIRGINIA. IT'S GOING TO HELP CHILDREN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WE KNOW THAT
00:05:06SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BECOME AN ADDICTION. IT HAS BECOME AN EVER
00:05:09PRESENT PART OF THEIR LIVES, AND IT HAS HARMED THEM IN WAYS THAT
00:05:12WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEASURE. BUT THIS IS
00:05:15A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD. IT IS A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR PARENTS, FOR CHILDREN, FOR
00:05:19FAMILIES, FOR TEACHERS. THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. AND I'M REALLY
00:05:22PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID AS PART OF A BIPARTISAN COALITION.
00:05:26STATES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY JOINING TOGETHER TO HOLD THE
00:05:29BIGGEST TECH COMPANY ON THE PLANET ACCOUNTABLE AND DELIVER RESULTS.
00:05:33>> FRONT PAGE OF THE WASHINGTON TIMES THIS MORNING. MR. JONES,
00:05:36STATES, HAVE NO PLANS FOR
00:05:38SPENDING META FUNDS HARM CHILDREN? NOT IN THE SETTLEMENT,
00:05:42AND THEY GO ON TO NOTE THE BREAKDOWN AMONG STATES. DOES
00:05:46VIRGINIA HAVE PLANS FOR THIS MONEY?
00:05:49>> WELL, I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE SETTLEMENT, HALF OF THE MONEY IS
00:05:52TO BE USED FOR REMEDIATION TO
00:05:54HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND TACKLE THIS CRISIS IN VIRGINIA
00:05:57IS READY AND ENGAGED. I CAMPAIGNED LAST YEAR ON KEEPING
00:06:01OUR KIDS SAFE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN
00:06:03THIS EFFORT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR POLICY
00:06:06MAKERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS DEPLOYED IN WAYS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT OUR
00:06:10CHILDREN. THIS IS, AGAIN, A LANDMARK MOMENT FOR VIRGINIA,
00:06:13ONE OF THE LARGEST SETTLEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMONWEALTH. I THINK THAT'S
00:06:17PRETTY TRUE FOR OTHER STATES AS WELL. AND THIS IS A MOMENT FOR
00:06:19US TO REALLY PUT OUR MONEY AND
00:06:24OUR DOLLARS BEHIND AN EFFORT THAT IS LONG OVERDUE. AGAIN,
00:06:27THIS CASE HAS BEEN FIVE YEARS ONGOING, AND NOW WE FINALLY HAVE
00:06:30AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS MONEY
00:06:33TO HELP UNPLUG OUR KIDS, TO HELP PUT THEM IN PLACES AND SPACES WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
00:06:37DRAWN IN BY SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ARE LIMITING HARM. AND THIS IS TRULY
00:06:41HISTORIC. >> FRONT PAGE OF THE NEW YORK
00:06:44TIMES THIS MORNING. META. AFTER
00:06:46BINDING ITS HANDS ONCE ITS RIVALS TO DO LIKEWISE. WHAT IS
00:06:50YOUR MESSAGE TO THE OTHER BIG TECH COMPANIES? >> YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD
00:06:53EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. IF YOU ARE DOING
00:06:55HARM TO OUR KIDS, WE ARE GOING TO COME AFTER YOU. I THINK THIS
00:06:59IS JUST A JUMPING OFF POINT. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. AND,
00:07:03VIRGINIA, WE'VE DRAWN OUR LINE IN THE SAND. WE WERE COMMITTED
00:07:05TO THIS EFFORT FROM 2021, AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
00:07:09DEPLOY THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THIS SETTLEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:07:12THIS IS ENFORCED, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE OUR RESOURCES AND GO AFTER OTHERS WHO ARE HARMING OUR
00:07:16CHILDREN. WE KNOW THAT FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM ARE NOT THE ONLY
00:07:20PLATFORMS THAT HAVE THESE
00:07:21ALGORITHMS THAT HAVE THESE
00:07:25CONTENT. DRIVERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING EVERYBODY ACCOUNTABLE. AND
00:07:28AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM'S BUSINESS
00:07:32PRACTICES. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT FOR OTHER COMPANIES AS WELL.
00:07:35>> J JONES, SHOULD KIDS UNDER 16
00:07:37BE BANNED FROM USING SOCIAL MEDIA? >> LOOK, I THINK THOSE ARE
00:07:41DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEFT TO STATE POLICYMAKERS. WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE IN
00:07:45VIRGINIA WHO ARE THOUGHTFUL, WHO ARE LISTENERS, WHO TALK TO PARENTS AND TALK TO TEACHERS,
00:07:49AND TALK TO STUDENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. I CAN'T SPEAK TO
00:07:52WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER STATES, BUT IN VIRGINIA, WE ARE
00:07:54REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THE MOST
00:07:58SUPPORT POSSIBLE, AND THAT THEY AREN'T BEING HARMED BY THESE
00:08:01SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ANYMORE. >> J. JONES IS THE VIRGINIA
00:08:04STATE 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
00:08:15LETTER TO OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
00:08:17COMPANIES, TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE,
00:08:19SAYING, WE WANT TO ENSURE TEENS
00:08:22BENEFIT FROM THIS NEW INDUSTRY STANDARD, BUT WE CANNOT DO IT
00:08:25ALONE. THESE PROTECTIONS WILL ONLY BE TRULY EFFECTIVE IF WE
00:08:29WORK WITH OUR PEERS. TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE, TO PUT THE SAME
00:08:32MEASURES IN PLACE. ALL PLATFORMS
00:08:35SHOULD EMPOWER PARENTS AND
00:08:38SUPPORT TEENS IN THESE WAYS. THAT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
00:08:42WHEN TEENS ARE RESTRICTED ON ONE APP, THEY SIMPLY MOVE TO ANOTHER
00:08:45FOR MEANINGFUL PROGRESS TO HAPPEN. WE URGE OUR PEERS TO
00:08:49JOIN US, AND MORE ON THAT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING
00:08:53THIS MORNING. META, AFTER BINDING ITS HANDS, WANTS TO
00:08:56RIVALS TO DO LIKEWISE. AND THEY SAY THIS IS HOW THE SETTLEMENT
00:09:00WILL WORK. THE BASELINE OF
00:09:02META'S MONETARY SETTLEMENT IS
00:09:0412 BILLION. THE COMPANY HAS ALSO AGREED TO A TWO HOUR DAILY TIME
00:09:08LIMIT FOR CHILDREN. METAL WILL REDUCE THAT TO ONE HOUR. IF
00:09:12YOUTUBE AND TIKTOK ALSO AGREE TO
00:09:14A ONE HOUR LIMIT, AND IF THE
00:09:16OTHER COMPANIES ALSO PAY 5
00:09:19BILLION TO THE STATES, META WILL
00:09:22THROW IN THE REST OF THE 5 BILLION OR SO, AS IT HAS
00:09:26PROMISED. SO, META, LAYING AN
00:09:29INCENTIVE OUT TO NOT ONLY AVOID
00:09:32LAWSUITS TO TIKTOK AND YOUTUBE,
00:09:34BUT ALSO IN INCENTIVIZING THEM
00:09:38TO JOIN IN LIMITING TEENS ACCESS
00:09:42TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
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