Lawyers suing Meta argue that the loot from Project Nest (an internal name for the Teen Accounts team) is part of the “privilege abuse culture at Meta” aimed at keeping internally conducted research into harm to teens out of the public eye, a topic Mark Zuckerberg discussed after internal data on Instagram’s effects in 2021 was leaked.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne González Rogers already called some of Meta’s privilege redactions “completely inappropriate” in an order last month.
He pointed to an example where Meta’s attorneys attempted to present a discussion about a slide deck and whether or not to release certain data as a discussion about the attorneys’ legal advice, and decided that, based on trial testimony, their reluctance to release was more of a business decision focused on preventing leaks.
Meta dedesignated some 65,000 previously withheld or redacted documents in April 2025, after the discovery, which the plaintiffs say came too late to be used in depositions. Now Meta has asked for time until the end of this year to revisit other privilege draftings it has made, while plaintiffs’ attorneys say a neutral party should be named to lead the review, paid for by Meta.
