Meta's defense attorney Paul Schmidt (R) enters as elevator as he arrives at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026, as opening arguments begin in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction. A coalition of US states is seeking around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children. Meta previously had claimed in court documents that the financial penalties could reach $1.4 trillion, close to its entire market value which hovers around $1.5 trillion. (Photo by Godofredo A. VÁSQUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Meta's defense attorney Paul Schmidt arrives at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026, as opening arguments begin in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction. A coalition of US states is seeking around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children. Meta previously had claimed in court documents that the financial penalties could reach $1.4 trillion, close to its entire market value which hovers around $1.5 trillion. (Photo by Godofredo A. VÁSQUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Meta's defense attorney Paul Schmidt (L) arrives at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026, as opening arguments begin in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction. A coalition of US states is seeking around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children. Meta previously had claimed in court documents that the financial penalties could reach $1.4 trillion, close to its entire market value which hovers around $1.5 trillion. (Photo by Godofredo A. VÁSQUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)

Meta's defense attorney Paul Schmidt (L) arrives at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 18, 2026, as opening arguments begin in the Meta trial over a lawsuit brought by US states about social media addiction. A coalition of US states is seeking around $200 billion in damages against Meta, which they accuse of intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive for children. Meta previously had claimed in court documents that the financial penalties could reach $1.4 trillion, close to its entire market value which hovers around $1.5 trillion. (Photo by Godofredo A. VÁSQUEZ / 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. Opening arguments begin on August 18, 2026, in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children, with a coalition of states seeking $200 billion dollars in penalties. In what many experts have called social media's "big tobacco moment," Meta stands charged with harming children by using technology specifically designed to foster addiction among young users in a similar fashion to cigarettes. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends a dinner hosted by US President Donald Trump with tech leaders for a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025. Opening arguments begin on August 18, 2026, in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children, with a coalition of states seeking $200 billion dollars in penalties. In what many experts have called social media's "big tobacco moment," Meta stands charged with harming children by using technology specifically designed to foster addiction among young users in a similar fashion to cigarettes. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / 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. Opening arguments begin on August 18, 2026, in the federal trial of Meta, the social media titan accused of deliberately making Instagram and Facebook platforms addictive to children, with a coalition of states seeking $200 billion dollars in penalties. In what many experts have called social media's "big tobacco moment," Meta stands charged with harming children by using technology specifically designed to foster addiction among young users in a similar fashion to cigarettes. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

This handout photograph taken in August 2016 and obtained on August 18, 2026 from Greenland Institute of Natural Resources shows the tusk of a narwhal in Scoresby Sound fjord system near Ittoqqortoormiit, East Greenland. Narwhals have nature's only straight tusk, a single tooth up to three metres long so strange they were sold as magical unicorn horns during the Middle Ages. On August 18, 2026, a large international team of researchers announced they had solved a long-running mystery about the tusks: how they get their uniquely spiralled yet arrow-straight form. (Photo by Mads-Peter Heide JORGENSEN / Greenland Institute of Natural Resources / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Greenland Institute of Natural Resources / Mads-Peter Heide Jorgensen " - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS