(FILES) Meta (formerly Facebook) corporate headquarters is seen in Menlo Park, California on November 9, 2022. Meta agreed to pay a coalition of US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on August 26, 2026, that ends a landmark trial in California. The proposed settlement, filed in federal court, would resolve claims by 29 states that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about the risks and unlawfully collected data from children under 13. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) The Meta (formerly Facebook) logo marks the entrance of their corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on November 09, 2022. Meta agreed to pay a coalition of US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on August 26, 2026, that ends a landmark trial in California. The proposed settlement, filed in federal court, would resolve claims by 29 states that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about the risks and unlawfully collected data from children under 13. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Jason Slothouber (2L), senior prosecutor for the Colorado Attorney General's Office, leads a group of smiling prosecutors into the multi-state social media addiction trial against Meta on August 26, 2026, at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, California. Meta agreed to pay US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on Wednesday that ends a landmark trial underway in California. The proposed settlement, filed in federal court, would resolve claims by a coalition of 29 US states that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about the risks and unlawfully collected data from children under 13. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP via Getty Images)

Paul Schmidt (L), lead attorney for Meta, arrives at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, for multi-state social media addiction trial against Meta in Oakland, California on August 26, 2026. Meta agreed to pay US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on Wednesday that ends a landmark trial underway in California. The proposed settlement, filed in federal court, would resolve claims by a coalition of 29 US states that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about the risks and unlawfully collected data from children under 13. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP via Getty Images)

Jason Slothouber (2L), senior prosecutor for the Colorado Attorney General's Office, leads a group of smiling prosecutors into the multi-state social media addiction trial against Meta on August 26, 2026, at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Oakland, California. Meta agreed to pay US states as much as $16.7 billion and to impose sweeping new limits on how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, according to a court filing on Wednesday that ends a landmark trial underway in California. The proposed settlement, filed in federal court, would resolve claims by a coalition of 29 US states that Meta deliberately engineered its platforms to hook young users, misled the public about the risks and unlawfully collected data from children under 13. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows a view of a sign marking the Greenwich Meridian in Western Europe with a a beach and the Channel in the background in Villers-sur-Mer on August 25, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP via Getty Images)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (3rd R) takes his seat between Chief of Staff and Minister for Special Tasks Nina Warken (2nd R), German State Minister for Federal-State Relations in the Chancellery Philipp Amthor (R), German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (4th L), German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (3rd L), German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas (2nd L) and German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer ((L) as they prepare for the start of the second day of a two day retreat meeting of the German cabinet on August 26, 2026 in Neuhardenberg, northeastern Germany. (Photo by Michael Kappeler / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

ASHBURN, VIRGINIA - AUGUST 25: Construction on a new data center from technology and engineering company McDean on August 25, 2026 in Ashburn, Virginia. In the months leading up to midterms, politicians have increasingly debated whether the economic benefits of new data centers outweigh the concerns over their high energy and water demands and impact on local communities. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)