Nicklas Akers (C), senior assistant Attorney General in charge of the Consumer Protection Section of the California Department of Justice, departs the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse after a settlement was announced in the Meta trial, 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)

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford speaks Nevada's consumer protection settlement with Meta, during a news conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, 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 Ian Maule / AFP via Getty Images)

Jason Slothouber, senior prosecutor for the Colorado Attorney General's Office, departs the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse after a settlement was announced in the Meta trial, 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)

A multi-state team of lawyers from state attorney general offices depart the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse after a settlement ended the Meta trial, 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)

Victoria Hinks holds a locket with a picture of her 16-year old daughter Alexandra, who she believes committed suicide after being addicted to social media, while speaking to the press following news of a settlement in the Meta trial, outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse 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)

A multi-state team of lawyers from state attorney general offices poses for a group photo following the announcement of a settlement in the Meta trial, outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse 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, senior prosecutor for the Colorado Attorney General's Office, departs the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and United States Courthouse after a settlement was announced in the Meta trial, 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)

(FILES) Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, looks on during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis" in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. 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 Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)