# Meta's 'privilege' hats mock child safety lawsuit

> Lawyers suing Meta over teen harm say company ordered baseball caps reading 'a/c priv' to mock attorney-client privilege claims used to hide research.
- Title: Meta's 'privilege' hats mock child safety lawsuit · The Verge
- Summary: Lawyers suing Meta over teen harm say company ordered baseball caps reading 'a/c priv' to mock attorney-client privilege claims used to hide research. Meta…
- Keywords: meta, instagram, teen safety, attorney-client privilege, lawsuit, document disclosure, technology, culture, Meta's, 'privilege', hats, mock
- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/tech/1000370/meta-instagram-attorney-client-privilege-hats
- Author: Richard Lawler
- Published: 2026-09-24T23:50:55+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: meta, instagram, teen safety, attorney-client privilege, lawsuit, document disclosure, technology, culture
## Meta hides evidence behind privilege claims
Meta's lawyers argue certain evidence should be withheld from public view using attorney-client privilege in lawsuits over alleged teen harm.
## Team ordered 'a/c priv' baseball caps
The Instagram Teen Accounts team, called Project Nido internally, ordered baseball caps simply reading a slash c priv, recently unsealed documents show.
## Lawyers call it mocking privilege abuse
Plaintiffs' lawyers say the hats exemplify a culture of privilege abuse at Meta aimed at keeping internal teen harm research hidden from public view.

> culture of privilege abuse at Meta
## Judge already questioned Meta's claims
US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers called some of Meta's privilege redactions entirely inappropriate, citing a case where business concerns, not legal advice, drove secrecy.

> entirely inappropriate
## Meta delayed releasing sixty-five thousand documents
Meta de-designated about sixty-five thousand previously withheld documents in April twenty twenty-five, after discovery, too late for plaintiffs to use in depositions.
## Neutral reviewer sought for remaining redactions
Meta requested time through year-end to re-review privilege redactions, but plaintiffs' lawyers say a neutral party should lead the review, paid for by Meta.
## Key takeaway

Meta faces criticism for ordering hats mocking attorney-client privilege while using that same privilege to withhold documents in lawsuits over teen safety harm.