Meta Faces Legal Scrutiny Over Attorney-Client Privilege Claims

<figure> <img alt="Photo illustration of a gavel about to hit the Meta logo." src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/STKS487_ANTITRUST_2__STK043_META_B.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meta's legal team has asserted that certain evidence should remain confidential under attorney-client privilege in ongoing lawsuits regarding alleged harm to teenagers' safety and mental health. Lawyers representing the plaintiffs stated this week that the privilege claim has been applied excessively, referencing a recently unsealed document that reveals the team responsible for launching Instagram's Teen Accounts in 2024 ordered baseball caps labeled "a/c priv."</p> <img alt="grayscale picture of a baseball cap with a/c priv across the front" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/meta-ac-priv-hats.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,12.409778462955,100,75.180443074089" title="grayscale picture of a baseball cap with a/c priv across the front" /> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The plaintiffs argue that the Project Nido (the internal name for the Teen Accounts team) merchandise reflects a "culture of privilege abuse at Meta" intended to conceal relevant information.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1000370/meta-instagram-attorney-client-privilege-hats">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>