Meta employees ordered attorney-client privilege hats during teen safety lawsuits
Lawyers suing Meta claim the company used attorney-client privilege hats to shield internal research on teen harm from public view in ongoing court cases.
Legal team argues for broad privilege use
Lawyers representing plaintiffs in lawsuits over teen safety argue that Meta has applied attorney-client privilege too broadly. They point to a recently unsealed document showing the Teen Accounts team ordered baseball caps labeled a/c priv. The legal team states this swag is part of a culture aimed at keeping internal research on teen harm out of public view.
Judge questions appropriateness of redactions
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers previously called some of Meta's privilege redactions entirely inappropriate in an order last month. The judge noted that discussions about slide decks and data publication were wrongly treated as attorney legal advice. She determined that the company's reluctance to publish information was more about business strategy than legal counsel.
Zuckerberg addresses internal data leaks
Mark Zuckerberg discussed the issue after internal data on Instagram's effects leaked in 2021. The Project Nido team, an internal name for the Teen Accounts group, is central to these allegations. Lawyers describe the hat order as evidence of privilege abuse intended to hide research findings.
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