Meta's defense attorney Paul Schmidt exits a Northern District of California federal courthouse during jury selection as Meta faces trial about alleged harms to children at Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse in Oakland, California, on August 12, 2026. The federal trial, one of the most consequential among a myriad of legal proceedings targeting social networks in the United States, will begin Wednesday with jury selection at a federal court in Oakland, near San Francisco. (Photo by Godofredo A. VÁSQUEZ / AFP via Getty Images)