{"id":3605,"date":"2026-09-25T03:50:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/meta-employees-ordered-attorney-client-privilege-hats-while-fighting-child-safety-disclosures\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T03:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T23:50:55","slug":"meta-employees-ordered-attorney-client-privilege-hats-while-fighting-child-safety-disclosures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/meta-employees-ordered-attorney-client-privilege-hats-while-fighting-child-safety-disclosures\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta employees ordered \u2018attorney\/client privilege\u2019 hats while fighting child safety disclosures"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo illustration of a gavel about to hit the Meta logo.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Cath Virginia \/ The Verge, Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" 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>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meta&rsquo;s lawyers have argued that certain evidence should be withheld from public view on the grounds of attorney-client privilege in the ongoing lawsuits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/880850\/social-media-lawsuits-meta-facebook-instagram-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over alleged harm to teens&rsquo; safety and mental health<\/a>. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/17\/24246423\/instagram-teen-account-private-restrictive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching Instagram&rsquo;s Teen Accounts in 2024<\/a> put in an order for baseball caps that simply said \u00ab\u00a0a\/c priv.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" 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\" alt=\"grayscale picture of a baseball cap with a\/c priv across the front\" title=\"grayscale picture of a baseball cap with a\/c priv across the front\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: 4:22-md-03047, document 3509-4 \" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawyers suing Meta <a 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