Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures
Meta's lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits over alleged harm to teens' safety and mental health. Lawyers suing the company said this week that the label has been applied far too broadly, whi...
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Meta's legal team has been accused of overusing attorney-client privilege claims to withhold evidence in lawsuits about harm to teens' mental health and safety. An unsealed document revealed that Meta's Instagram Teen Accounts team ordered branded baseball caps labeled 'a/c priv' (attorney-client privilege), which plaintiffs' lawyers argue suggests the privilege was being applied too broadly to shield information from public disclosure.
Meta's lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits over alleged harm to teens' safety and mental health . Lawyers suing the company said this week that the label has been applied far too broadly, while pointing to a recently unsealed document showing that the team behind launching Instagram's Teen Accounts in 2024 put in an order for baseball caps that simply said "a/c priv." The lawyers suing M...