WEBVTT - Bob Bonta Makes A Big Settlement With Meta 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.710 Starting on Monday, some big changes here at the old 0:00:02.730 --> 0:00:07.450 radio station. Dan Bongino is coming back to these airwaves 0:00:07.590 --> 0:00:10.750 in the afternoons. He will be doing an afternoon show 0:00:11.810 --> 0:00:17.280 from 3 to 5 p.m. And because of that, our 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:20.500 buddy Frank Motek is moving from 4 to 5 p.m. 0:00:20.540 --> 0:00:23.880 Guy Benson is moving from 3 to 9 p.m. And 0:00:23.900 --> 0:00:27.280 the news blitz will be ending as of Friday. We're 0:00:27.340 --> 0:00:31.460 here today. We're preempted for football tomorrow. And then Friday 0:00:31.500 --> 0:00:35.620 will be the last news blitz ever. But don't cry 0:00:35.659 --> 0:00:38.920 for me, Argentina. I'm plenty busy because I'm on the 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.220 John Phillips Show every single day from noon to 3. 0:00:42.220 --> 0:00:44.970 And we have our Accountability Podcast, which a brand new 0:00:45.030 --> 0:00:49.750 episode just premiered today. You can watch that at johnnydontlike.com. 0:00:49.790 --> 0:00:52.629 But let's have a little fun together in this little 0:00:52.710 --> 0:00:54.710 hour that we've done the last two and a half 0:00:54.770 --> 0:00:59.250 years while we still can. And we start today. with 0:00:59.490 --> 0:01:04.890 one Bobbethy Bonta. You might know him as Rob Bonta, 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:09.220 but because of this news clip from Leanne Melendez, I 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:13.140 call him Bob Bonta. And Bob Bonta is in the 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:15.180 news a lot lately. 0:01:15.700 --> 0:01:17.860 In fact, if I go through my news. 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:23.830 Splits today, I had three different Bob Bonta stories. because 0:01:23.850 --> 0:01:28.030 Bob Bonta is in a fight with Paramount Skydance and 0:01:28.090 --> 0:01:31.050 is blocking that merger from happening, and there's a lot 0:01:31.110 --> 0:01:35.300 of feelings on both sides of that issue. Bob Bonta 0:01:35.420 --> 0:01:39.640 is suing the Trump administration over mail-in voting, because we're 0:01:39.700 --> 0:01:46.180 still arguing about that concept. And Bob Bonta announced today 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:52.370 that there was a massive, multi-billion dollar settlement with the 0:01:52.510 --> 0:02:00.270 parent company of Instagram, Meta. This was a big, big, 0:02:00.730 --> 0:02:03.990 big case. The trial was taking place in Oakland. The 0:02:04.030 --> 0:02:08.180 trial was actually going on. The head of Instagram testified yesterday, 0:02:08.190 --> 0:02:13.419 and the Zuck himself, Mark Zuckerberg, a.k.a. the guy who 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:17.519 has bought up whole swaths of Kauai, was set to testify, 0:02:17.540 --> 0:02:22.299 and it wasn't looking too good. Now, this trial was specifically, 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:24.559 and this was not just Bob Bonta's trial, this was 0:02:24.620 --> 0:02:28.120 brought on by several, I think all 51 attorneys general 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:33.420 had sued. And what they had alleged is that Meta 0:02:33.500 --> 0:02:38.430 and Facebook knew that what they were developing was addictive 0:02:38.470 --> 0:02:43.010 to children and did nothing to prevent that because that 0:02:43.070 --> 0:02:46.250 meant money. And you're not supposed to be able to 0:02:46.310 --> 0:02:50.380 do that. So let's see what this means, but just 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:55.500 remember this. While this might be a good move, and 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.899 while I have a lot of things to say about 0:02:58.980 --> 0:03:04.780 Bob Bonta and how corrupt he is, everyone's not everything 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:08.859 all the time. There are plenty of issues that I 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:12.170 have a massive problem with him, his association with the dongs, 0:03:12.610 --> 0:03:16.710 what's his real motivation behind the Paramount lawsuit, what have you. 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.720 But on this one, I'm glad our attorney general stepped 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:22.160 up with this, and I'm glad. 0:03:21.980 --> 0:03:23.220 So many others did as well. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.480 It is a real problem, the mental health crisis that 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:30.690 social media has brought upon us. And while we as 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:37.210 adults have only ourselves to blame for doom scrolling, the kids, well, 0:03:37.270 --> 0:03:39.570 you could blame their parents for giving them the phone, 0:03:39.630 --> 0:03:43.690 but good luck with that. We have developed these algorithms. 0:03:43.790 --> 0:03:47.650 We have developed these devices and these apps that the 0:03:47.690 --> 0:03:51.050 kids have to be on that are detrimental to their 0:03:51.150 --> 0:03:55.770 brain development, and that is a problem. That is where 0:03:55.810 --> 0:03:59.090 the government's got to step in, and because of this settlement, 0:03:59.210 --> 0:04:01.010 maybe we have some new guardrails. 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:05.220 At the same time, though, this is the issue I. 0:04:05.220 --> 0:04:10.500 Have with big settlements like this because I think the 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:14.660 number is, what, $ 14 to $ 17 billion that Meta is 0:04:14.710 --> 0:04:17.990 going to pay to certain states to settle this lawsuit. 0:04:19.610 --> 0:04:23.070 Where do you think that money goes? Does it go 0:04:23.190 --> 0:04:29.109 to the families of kids who have done terrible things 0:04:29.180 --> 0:04:31.420 to themselves because of Instagram? 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:31.500 No. 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:32.660 No. 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:38.510 Look at the big settlements that the states got from 0:04:38.790 --> 0:04:43.770 all of the opioid lawsuits, from the Sackler family and 0:04:43.930 --> 0:04:47.970 everything that had to do with getting an entire nation 0:04:48.110 --> 0:04:54.220 hooked on opiates. There were big, big, big settlements made. 0:04:54.260 --> 0:04:57.180 There were big payouts made. Nobody went to prison because 0:04:57.220 --> 0:05:00.779 of course not. But where did that money go? Well, 0:05:01.740 --> 0:05:04.230 if you hear the way some of our states tell it, 0:05:05.020 --> 0:05:08.960 The money from the opioid lawsuits went to fund drug treatment, 0:05:09.060 --> 0:05:12.680 and that sounds great. That sounds exactly like what it's 0:05:12.700 --> 0:05:14.970 supposed to go towards. By the way, that's where a 0:05:14.990 --> 0:05:18.070 lot of the money from the pot tax is supposed 0:05:18.110 --> 0:05:21.790 to go towards. It's supposed to go towards drug treatment 0:05:21.830 --> 0:05:24.510 for people that get a little too crazy on the weed. 0:05:25.210 --> 0:05:29.010 But in practice, where has that money gone? A lot 0:05:29.029 --> 0:05:32.240 of the opioid settlement money has gone to programs like 0:05:32.330 --> 0:05:37.610 harm reduction programs not prevention and treatment, harm reduction actually 0:05:37.670 --> 0:05:43.210 encouraging people to continue using opiates the safe way. So 0:05:43.810 --> 0:05:46.770 while I'm more interested in what the changes are going 0:05:46.810 --> 0:05:51.359 to be to the platform to protect children, I don't 0:05:51.510 --> 0:05:55.000 really have any faith that the money that Meta is 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.580 giving the state governments is going to be used for 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:59.220 anything constructive. 0:05:59.960 --> 0:06:02.520 But without further ado, I've preambled long enough. 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:06.300 Here he is, your attorney general, who inconspicuously is not 0:06:06.339 --> 0:06:07.180 running for governor. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.020 Bob Bonta. Bob Bonta. 0:06:09.300 --> 0:06:13.310 And good morning, everybody. Rob Bonta, California attorney general. Thank 0:06:13.350 --> 0:06:17.190 you for joining me this morning. I am pleased to 0:06:17.250 --> 0:06:18.370 announce that our. 0:06:19.150 --> 0:06:23.270 Have you noticed, and some may say this is a 0:06:23.310 --> 0:06:25.430 sign of guilt, maybe he's just getting older, but in 0:06:25.470 --> 0:06:29.580 the last year and a half, his hair has gotten really, 0:06:29.900 --> 0:06:34.120 really white. Almost like there's a secret that he's been 0:06:34.220 --> 0:06:36.820 holding in that he's worried is going to get out. Like, 0:06:37.250 --> 0:06:41.029 you know, when he spent $ 500, 000 of his campaign money 0:06:41.410 --> 0:06:45.130 to help him with a deposition in relation to the 0:06:45.210 --> 0:06:49.760 Shang Tao trial. What's up with that, Bonta? Again, we've 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.540 discussed plenty of that. In fact, we discussed it recently 0:06:52.580 --> 0:06:55.060 in the accountability podcast. But let's hear what he has 0:06:55.100 --> 0:06:59.120 to say about Facebook and Instagram, because this does affect you, 0:06:59.339 --> 0:07:00.859 and if you have them, your children. 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:05.380 The state bipartisan coalition has reached a proposed settlement with 0:07:05.580 --> 0:07:09.670 META that, if entered by the court, resolves the claims 0:07:09.710 --> 0:07:14.550 of our case and institutes real change, real transparency, real 0:07:14.570 --> 0:07:18.100 protections for children and teens across the country that will 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:22.560 be implemented over the coming months. Meta has agreed to 0:07:22.580 --> 0:07:25.890 make significant changes that will reduce the risk of harm 0:07:26.410 --> 0:07:30.990 that Instagram and Facebook pose to teen users. Daily time 0:07:31.030 --> 0:07:33.710 limits and blocks on nighttime use that can only be 0:07:33.750 --> 0:07:36.210 lifted by a parent. Limits on notifications. 0:07:36.230 --> 0:07:42.200 Oh, well. Well, if these are locks that can be 0:07:42.340 --> 0:07:44.360 altered by the parent, you're going to have some kids, 0:07:44.380 --> 0:07:47.390 they're going to blackmail the parent into okaying it. Or 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:50.040 you can have some kids that while mommy and daddy 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:52.460 are sleeping, they try to use the face ID to 0:07:52.580 --> 0:07:53.640 unlock the parent's phone. 0:07:53.740 --> 0:07:54.100 I don't know. 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.500 Some kids are going to get crafty here, but let's 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.140 find out what the changes are. 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:02.560 Vacations during school hours and overnight, an end to displaying 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:07.200 the number of likes on a teen's post, a ban 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:10.600 on plastic surgery filters, enhanced detection. 0:08:10.980 --> 0:08:14.320 Yeah, okay. I think that one we can all agree upon. 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:14.640 One of. 0:08:16.140 --> 0:08:16.230 The. 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:22.020 Issues that we have in our society right now. And Instagram, which, 0:08:22.110 --> 0:08:25.630 you know, I use Instagram all the time. Uh, you know, 0:08:25.650 --> 0:08:28.710 my wife uses Instagram all the time, but to the 0:08:28.810 --> 0:08:32.000 young generation, not just the kids, but the, you know, 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:37.560 the 20 year olds, what have you, because now we're 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.280 in a selfie culture where you've got to post pictures 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:44.480 of yourself all the time. It used to just be, okay, well, 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:46.319 you want to be flattering. You want to take a 0:08:46.360 --> 0:08:48.620 picture at just the right angle, a little to the life, 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.920 and make sure that you're up above and pointing a 0:08:50.940 --> 0:08:57.200 little down. But nowadays, because of filters, we're actually altering 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.760 how people want to be viewed to the point where 0:09:00.300 --> 0:09:03.640 they are afraid to be seen in person because there's 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.500 so many filters on all of their pictures, including ones 0:09:06.820 --> 0:09:09.060 that alter what you would look like with certain kinds 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:12.120 of plastic surgery. And yeah, that can screw with your head. 0:09:12.730 --> 0:09:16.100 It's gotten so bad that you start seeing these trends 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:22.620 of looks maxing. And looks maxing got real crazy this 0:09:22.700 --> 0:09:28.750 year when people on Instagram and TikTok, young men, started 0:09:29.170 --> 0:09:35.090 using a hammer to chisel their cheekbones, like actually hit 0:09:35.130 --> 0:09:38.290 themselves in the face with a hammer because it will 0:09:38.330 --> 0:09:39.910 give you a better cheek lines. 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:42.100 I can't even. 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:47.280 Believe that this is where we are in 2026. We're 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:50.880 getting dumber. And social media is one of the reasons 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.069 we are getting dumber. But that doesn't mean that it 0:09:54.170 --> 0:09:55.350 has to be this way. 0:09:55.590 --> 0:09:59.910 And removal of kids under 13 from these platforms and more. 0:10:00.300 --> 0:10:04.660 A whole suite of protections to reduce the harm that 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.720 we know children were suffering from over the last number 0:10:07.740 --> 0:10:11.040 of years. This is a significant victory for families across 0:10:11.059 --> 0:10:12.160 the country, for parents. 0:10:12.179 --> 0:10:14.750 I think we're getting into cliche territory, Bobbert. 0:10:15.110 --> 0:10:18.770 For children, for those who are suffering in silence and 0:10:19.309 --> 0:10:23.250 those who are suffering in public. This is a major breakthrough, 0:10:23.270 --> 0:10:27.660 a milestone moment, a watershed moment, because when it comes 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:31.740 to protecting our children's mental health, there is no time 0:10:31.780 --> 0:10:34.120 to lose. Instead of getting tied up in years of 0:10:34.179 --> 0:10:38.350 trials and appeals, we have secured the changes we were after. 0:10:39.150 --> 0:10:41.780 And that is also true. If you can get to 0:10:41.820 --> 0:10:43.819 a settlement, which it'd be nice if you would sit 0:10:43.860 --> 0:10:46.500 down and settle this paramount thing so we can figure 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.250 out what's the deal with that. But there's a lot 0:10:48.270 --> 0:10:52.150 of grandstanding there. But when it comes to these big lawsuits, 0:10:52.230 --> 0:10:54.210 if you can come to a settlement, it does avoid 0:10:54.270 --> 0:10:59.560 the years and years and years of relitigation because Zuckerberg 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:03.900 has deep, deep, deep pockets and probably would have fought 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.300 this thing. I mean, what does it say about how 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.960 dead to rights they knew they were? when they offered 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:15.160 to pay up $ 14 billion and make all of these changes. 0:11:17.500 --> 0:11:20.660 Zuckerberg is another prime example of how there are no 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:24.210 normal billionaires. I don't know what having a billion dollars 0:11:24.250 --> 0:11:27.570 does to your psyche. There's a couple of maybe sort 0:11:27.610 --> 0:11:31.410 of normal ones. Like, I think Mark Cuban seems like 0:11:31.450 --> 0:11:37.080 a kind of normal guy. But most of these people... 0:11:37.390 --> 0:11:43.030 are really, really, really strange. And maybe it's that eccentricity 0:11:43.100 --> 0:11:46.260 that got them to be billionaires, or the money made 0:11:46.300 --> 0:11:50.640 them crazy. I mean, take Elon, for example. Been a 0:11:50.700 --> 0:11:53.680 visionary for a very, very long time. All the advances 0:11:53.740 --> 0:11:57.579 in technology. But it seems to me the richer he gets, 0:11:57.660 --> 0:11:58.950 the crazier he gets. 0:11:59.470 --> 0:12:06.250 Midway through Instagram president Adam Mosseri's testimony, and before, CEO 0:12:06.290 --> 0:12:08.410 Mark Zuckerberg could take the stand. 0:12:08.970 --> 0:12:11.230 And they never want Zuck to take the stand because 0:12:11.470 --> 0:12:18.650 Zuckerberg has this aura of not human. He seems to 0:12:18.690 --> 0:12:21.540 be the least empathetic person in the world. Everything he 0:12:21.620 --> 0:12:23.840 says comes off as incredibly phony. 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:27.720 I want to double click on the details of this agreement, but. 0:12:28.020 --> 0:12:30.540 Before I do, it's time for cliches, kids. 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:36.260 I'd like to thank the bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:40.250 general who stood together to hold the social media giant accountable. 0:12:40.510 --> 0:12:43.470 Hey, that's the name of my podcast, johnnydontlike.com. 0:12:43.830 --> 0:12:48.340 To the law and the harm it's created. Bipartisan isn't 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.800 something you hear too often these days. It speaks to 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:55.760 the fact that protecting our children isn't and should not 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:56.580 be political. 0:12:57.420 --> 0:12:58.160 It's a priority. 0:12:58.340 --> 0:13:00.280 It's our duty. It's a North Star for us. 0:13:00.740 --> 0:13:03.560 Yeah, we're getting into full-blown cliches. I mean, this is 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:05.859 what Bobber Bonta was known for. Every. 0:13:06.900 --> 0:13:09.120 Type of leadership is about meeting the moment and rising 0:13:09.140 --> 0:13:09.760 to the occasion. 0:13:10.500 --> 0:13:12.900 And this is what's required. And so we're stepping up 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:13.819 and getting it done. 0:13:14.830 --> 0:13:16.930 I also want to express my gratitude to the members 0:13:17.010 --> 0:13:21.430 of California DOJ's Consumer Protection Section who have worked tirelessly 0:13:21.550 --> 0:13:24.710 on this case for years. Head down, sleeves rolled up. 0:13:28.530 --> 0:13:31.449 He did it. He can't help himself. 0:13:31.730 --> 0:13:32.630 We're focused on the work. 0:13:32.790 --> 0:13:37.750 We are sleeves rolled up, heads down. Arms extended in partnership, 0:13:37.850 --> 0:13:40.050 arms locked together to collaborate, to deliver. 0:13:40.929 --> 0:13:45.559 Rob Bonta, always with the cliches. He can say so 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:47.040 little with so many words. 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.980 Just getting the work done from the investigation to filing 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.900 the complaint to discovery and to a powerhouse performance at 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.360 trial starting last week that I couldn't be more proud of. 0:13:58.370 --> 0:14:03.350 Our team, I'm biased, I know, but our team did very, 0:14:03.390 --> 0:14:06.710 very well and made me very, very proud. and the 0:14:06.730 --> 0:14:10.830 trial did not go well for Mehta. These extraordinary public 0:14:10.870 --> 0:14:14.250 servants have dedicated so much to this case, and it shows. 0:14:14.890 --> 0:14:18.870 I know some of them are on fumes today, needing 0:14:18.890 --> 0:14:20.770 a little more sleep, and I know and hope they'll 0:14:20.790 --> 0:14:21.230 get it soon. 0:14:22.090 --> 0:14:25.050 Can we get to what this means for everybody's kids, Bonta? 0:14:25.090 --> 0:14:26.130 You're bloviating. 0:14:26.290 --> 0:14:30.210 Couldn't be more proud of the collaborative effort from my team, 0:14:30.250 --> 0:14:32.970 from teams across the country, from a bipartisan set of 0:14:33.010 --> 0:14:35.890 attorneys general, holding meta accountable and delivering. 0:14:35.910 --> 0:14:38.510 Hey, there's the name of that podcast again. You know, 0:14:38.650 --> 0:14:41.590 when we were batting around the name of the accountability podcast, 0:14:42.030 --> 0:14:44.930 Johnny first wanted to call it the quite frankly podcast. 0:14:45.700 --> 0:14:47.520 And then we thought that was just a little too silly. 0:14:47.580 --> 0:14:50.200 Plus too many people had that name already. And then 0:14:50.220 --> 0:14:53.440 it was, how about the absolutely, absolutely podcast. And that 0:14:53.460 --> 0:14:56.870 was just too much of an inside joke. Accountability we 0:14:56.900 --> 0:14:59.930 thought is funny enough as that it's a stupid word, 0:14:59.950 --> 0:15:03.060 but it's, It also is, you know, it's a topic. 0:15:03.140 --> 0:15:05.460 It's something that we actually say we want to do, 0:15:05.580 --> 0:15:08.479 hold our politicians accountable, what have you. The thing I 0:15:08.500 --> 0:15:11.520 didn't realize when we made that name for the podcast, 0:15:11.540 --> 0:15:15.070 which you can check out the newest episode at johnnydontlike.com, is. 0:15:16.670 --> 0:15:18.630 Now every single time. 0:15:18.410 --> 0:15:20.770 That we do a news story, a press conference, what 0:15:20.810 --> 0:15:25.530 have you, everybody's saying it all the time. So it 0:15:25.570 --> 0:15:28.690 was really brilliant marketing on my part because I thought 0:15:28.730 --> 0:15:31.470 we don't want to call ourselves the Quite Frankly podcast. 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:34.250 People would then get us confused with Scott Galloway. 0:15:35.150 --> 0:15:36.780 For our children, our parents, and our families. 0:15:37.500 --> 0:15:40.240 And I'm not a Scott Galloway hater. I actually very 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:45.380 much enjoy Scott Galloway's podcasts. But if you ever listen 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:49.460 to Pivot with Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher or Prof 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.000 G or any of the stuff that Scott Galloway does. 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:59.450 He says, quite frankly, more than anybody I have ever heard, 0:15:59.950 --> 0:16:05.650 including all five LA County supervisors combined. Not an important thing, 0:16:05.990 --> 0:16:08.290 just something that sticks out at me every time I 0:16:08.330 --> 0:16:08.890 listen to him. 0:16:09.030 --> 0:16:11.790 To recap, we sued Meta over claims that it designed 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:15.140 and deployed harmful features on Instagram and Facebook that drive 0:16:15.180 --> 0:16:18.520 compulsive use and harm young users' mental health, and that 0:16:18.540 --> 0:16:22.720 the company knew about these dangers and lied to teens. 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:27.480 to parents, and to the public about them. We believe 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.580 the proposed settlement filed today addresses some of the concerns 0:16:30.620 --> 0:16:32.520 at the core of our lawsuit and that it will 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:37.420 force transformative changes necessary to protect our children. 0:16:37.740 --> 0:16:39.850 All right, so what is META giving up? What did 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.110 they agree to do to settle this lawsuit? Come on, Bonta! 0:16:43.770 --> 0:16:46.710 And importantly, these changes will be made within months. 0:16:47.210 --> 0:16:48.510 No more waiting. 0:16:49.350 --> 0:16:53.190 For all users under 18, Meta has agreed to set 0:16:53.730 --> 0:16:56.810 a default daily time limit of two hours that will 0:16:56.830 --> 0:17:01.100 drop to one hour if other social media platforms agree 0:17:01.140 --> 0:17:02.620 to similar terms. Okay. 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:06.660 That's an interesting one, but that's just for that one app. 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:11.280 So you get one hour a day on Instagram, which 0:17:12.380 --> 0:17:15.240 that does seem like a lot, right? But You don't 0:17:15.260 --> 0:17:18.619 even want to open up your screen time app on 0:17:18.660 --> 0:17:20.790 your phone and find out how much time you're... Should 0:17:20.830 --> 0:17:23.389 I go ahead and do it? Now, mind you, I 0:17:23.950 --> 0:17:26.310 think I get a little bit of a pass because 0:17:26.590 --> 0:17:33.850 I am a content creator. And so I have reasons 0:17:33.930 --> 0:17:36.910 to be on these apps. Hey, you can actually set 0:17:36.950 --> 0:17:39.590 your own app limits. But let's see, my app and 0:17:39.710 --> 0:17:44.889 usage activity just for today. Okay, for today, I was 0:17:44.970 --> 0:17:49.350 on YouTube for 59 minutes, but I listen to YouTube 0:17:49.369 --> 0:17:49.990 in the car. 0:17:50.090 --> 0:17:51.770 I do YouTube for all my show prep. 0:17:51.790 --> 0:17:54.770 That's allowed. I was on X for 24 minutes. I 0:17:54.790 --> 0:17:58.250 was on Instagram for 14 minutes. And that was just 0:17:58.310 --> 0:18:01.879 uploading stuff. Yeah, an hour's a lot. 0:18:02.580 --> 0:18:05.560 Set a default block between midnight and 6 a.m. when 0:18:05.900 --> 0:18:06.220 our children. 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:09.000 Oh, look at this. I was on YT Studio for 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.149 11 minutes. You know what YT Studio is? That's the 0:18:12.190 --> 0:18:16.520 YouTube Studio app for content creators. That's how many minutes 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:19.320 today I had to go check to see how our 0:18:19.380 --> 0:18:22.810 numbers are doing because Johnny asked, hey, how many downloads 0:18:22.850 --> 0:18:25.890 did we get? Hey, how many views did we get? 0:18:25.910 --> 0:18:28.290 I got to download this thing on his app so 0:18:28.330 --> 0:18:29.109 he can just look. 0:18:29.450 --> 0:18:33.859 Children should be sleeping, not scrolling. Set a default. 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:34.700 Hey, that's a good line. 0:18:34.780 --> 0:18:38.580 Block on notifications between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. and 0:18:38.619 --> 0:18:41.070 during the school day, again, when our children should be 0:18:41.109 --> 0:18:43.730 sleeping and studying, not scrolling. 0:18:44.070 --> 0:18:47.390 So the apps only have a certain time limit. They 0:18:47.450 --> 0:18:50.330 can't give you notifications when you're supposed to be sleeping, 0:18:50.350 --> 0:18:51.890 when you're supposed to be in school. 0:18:52.590 --> 0:18:55.629 So far, sounds like it's an improvement. 0:18:56.330 --> 0:18:59.109 The company will create an enhanced mechanism for teens to 0:18:59.150 --> 0:19:03.370 report potentially harmful content and has agreed to respond to 90%. 0:19:03.369 --> 0:19:06.490 Can we do something about teens being encouraged on Facebook 0:19:07.010 --> 0:19:09.850 Mostly this is on TikTok, but not Insta. But you 0:19:09.890 --> 0:19:13.800 sometimes see it on Insta of, you know, promoting illegal 0:19:14.060 --> 0:19:17.280 or dangerous behavior, like what's going on with the e-bikes. 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:21.580 Of those reports within six hours. Meta will set a 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:26.160 default ban on displaying the number of likes or reactions 0:19:26.270 --> 0:19:28.010 to posts. 0:19:28.490 --> 0:19:30.830 Oh boy, that's going to change the dopamine drip. 0:19:30.910 --> 0:19:37.590 Ban on cosmetic procedure filters, plastic surgery filters. And it 0:19:37.609 --> 0:19:41.580 will have an option for users to choose a non-personalized feed, 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.720 meaning a feed that doesn't use an algorithm to target 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.169 them with content aimed to keep them endlessly scrolling. 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:49.270 Do I, can I get that? Or is it just 0:19:49.310 --> 0:19:51.850 for the teenagers? Cause here's my one bone that I 0:19:51.869 --> 0:19:55.609 have to pick with Instagram. And I do like Instagram. 0:19:55.869 --> 0:19:58.050 I use it quite a lot. I, you know, I 0:19:58.090 --> 0:20:00.290 like to see when people that I follow, I like 0:20:00.330 --> 0:20:02.389 to see when it suggests to me videos that I 0:20:02.430 --> 0:20:06.330 posted myself, but the thing that drives me crazy with 0:20:06.430 --> 0:20:11.050 Instagram is is if I just for one second look 0:20:11.130 --> 0:20:16.550 at some weird Marvel fan theory AI-generated slop that shows up, 0:20:17.010 --> 0:20:20.290 and I look at it for one second, all of 0:20:20.350 --> 0:20:24.530 a sudden, all of my feed is AI-generated Marvel fan 0:20:24.590 --> 0:20:25.450 theory slop. 0:20:26.310 --> 0:20:28.510 Stop it. Don't do that to me. 0:20:29.170 --> 0:20:31.689 So that's what's going on with Bob Bonta and the 0:20:31.710 --> 0:20:34.820 big settlement with Meta. It's the News Blitz with Randy 0:20:34.859 --> 0:20:36.480 Wang on KABC. 0:20:37.300 --> 0:20:39.300 It is the News Blitz. 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:43.920 With Randy Wang on Talk Radio 790 KABC. 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That's Randy Wang radio 0:21:26.200 --> 0:21:29.950 dot sub stack.com. If you haven't heard the news starting 0:21:30.130 --> 0:21:32.990 on Monday, there's some major changes to the old lineup 0:21:33.030 --> 0:21:36.830 here at the radio station and Dan Bongino is returning 0:21:36.910 --> 0:21:40.129 to the KABC Airwaves. He'll be heard at 3 p.m. 0:21:40.190 --> 0:21:42.560 right after the John Phillips show from noon to 3. 0:21:42.560 --> 0:21:45.660 He'll be heard from 3 to 5, which means that 0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:47.640 Guy Benson is moving to 9 p.m. 0:21:47.660 --> 0:21:48.340 In the evenings. 0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:51.040 And our buddy Frank Motek will be moving into this 0:21:51.100 --> 0:21:54.090 time slot from 5 to 6, which was his old 0:21:54.130 --> 0:21:56.610 time slot before we moved everything around the last time. 0:21:57.810 --> 0:22:03.740 And that means that this show is going away. Friday 0:22:03.780 --> 0:22:05.770 will be our very last show, and I have a 0:22:05.810 --> 0:22:08.770 very fun topic. We'll do a good old-school happy hour 0:22:08.830 --> 0:22:12.230 edition of the News Blitz to end our very fun, 0:22:12.250 --> 0:22:17.150 but very time-consuming two-and-a-half-year run. And, you know, as much 0:22:17.210 --> 0:22:20.409 as I do love doing this show, I am looking 0:22:20.470 --> 0:22:24.260 forward to going to actual happy hours again, and I'm 0:22:24.300 --> 0:22:27.639 looking forward to my day being a 10-hour workday instead 0:22:27.660 --> 0:22:31.900 of a 12-hour workday. But I will miss this show immensely. 0:22:32.540 --> 0:22:35.040 very much as this was just, it was just us. 0:22:35.080 --> 0:22:36.879 It was just me and you guys. 0:22:36.900 --> 0:22:37.640 All right. 0:22:37.660 --> 0:22:40.420 Before we hear more about Bobbert Bonta, let's go to 0:22:40.580 --> 0:22:42.080 Dale in Culver city, Dale. 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:42.419 Hello. 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:47.850 Hey, Randy, Dale, and I will really, really miss you. 0:22:47.930 --> 0:22:50.430 I've got to talk to you several times when I 0:22:50.430 --> 0:22:54.649 was driving home, uh, on the news blitz, we talked 0:22:54.730 --> 0:22:58.030 about the carpool lanes. Once we've talked about being sober 0:22:58.050 --> 0:23:01.570 a couple of times and, you know, I'm really, really 0:23:01.609 --> 0:23:03.790 gonna miss you. I enjoy the hell out of listening 0:23:03.810 --> 0:23:05.470 to you on the way home. 0:23:06.590 --> 0:23:09.560