OtherMeta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats amid teen safety disclosures

In lawsuits alleging harm to teens’ safety and mental health, Meta’s lawyers have sought to withhold evidence under attorney-client privilege. Plaintiffs’ lawyers say the designation was used too broadly, citing an unsealed document showing Instagram’s Teen Accounts team ordered baseball caps marked “a/c priv.” They call the swag part of a “culture of privilege abuse.”

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