Instagram made ‘attorney-client privilege’ swag hats for employees who concealed kids … – NY Post

See more of our coverage in your search results. Instagram allegedly made hats for its employees with the phrase “attorney-client privilege” – an “utterly sick” joke about using legal loopholes to conceal explosive legal documents about kids social media addiction, according to critics. A photo of the company’s “swag” hats – baseball caps that displayed the legal lingo “a/c priv,” shorthand for “attorney-client privilege” — surfaced this week in California federal court, where a coalition of school districts have accused Meta of fueling a teen mental health crisis. The hats were printed up to celebrate the 2024 launch of Instagram’s Teen Accounts, known internally as “Project Nido,” a bid to address kids safety concerns that have included eating disorders, depression and teen suicide. A photo of the hat, which was included in newly released documents that surfaced in California federal court. In an internal chat on Sept. 9, 2024, a Meta employee informed Naomi Gleit, the company’s head of product, that Instagram’s legal team had “reviewed and are OK with the Nido Swag,” according to court documents that were unsealed on Monday. That shows that the company’s lawyers signed off on merchandise that intentionally made light of Meta’s reliance on
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