Lawyers suing Meta over teen safety and mental health have pointed to a newly unsealed document showing that the team behind Instagram's Teen Accounts ordered baseball caps that simply read 'a/c priv.' The internal name for the Teen Accounts team was Project Nido.
Meta has argued that certain evidence should be withheld under attorney-client privilege. The plaintiffs say the hats are part of a 'culture of privilege abuse' aimed at keeping internal research on teen harm out of the public eye. The issue gained attention after internal data on Instagram's effects leaked in 2021.
Last month, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers called some of Meta's privilege redactions 'entirely inappropriate,' citing an example where a discussion about whether to publish data was treated as legal advice. Meta de-designated about 65,000 documents in April 2025, which plaintiffs say came too late for depositions. Meta has asked for time through the end of this year to re-review other redactions, while plaintiffs want a neutral party appointed, paid for by Meta.