RE: PETA Lawsuit Update and Requests for Information

NIH Hid Public Comments Package, pp.94-95 · nih_public_comments:email:00094

Date: 2022-01-25 15:53
Type: email · email
cc: Lydia Polimeni
sender: Anna Kern
to: Amanda Fine, Renate Myles
Topics: Media strategy and public messaging Intelligence community assessments

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Hi Amanda and Renate, Below is a draft response (#1) back to Sarah regarding a question about the Twitter chat. I thought that the paragraph they drafted about the manual moderation of comments looked good. Please let us know if you have additional thoughts by COB tomorrow. Thank you! /OD) [E] Lankford, >; Polimeni, /OD) [E] (o) >) nn Lankford, nate (NIH/OD) [E] limeni, Lydia )) 1. Re: PETA on the NIH Twitter chat--can users see that whole Twitter chat? Plaintiffs claimed they may want context for the complaints, but asserted they couldn't necessarily view the whole chat. Is that true? . Yes, for the most part. Tweets from users with a public profile can be seen by anyone following the chat. Tweets from users whose accounts are private would not be seen by everyone; only followers of a user with a private account would be able to view their tweets. However, PETA's tweets directed at NIH and the tweets complaining about PETA's disruptions are public. Here's the link to the chat with those publicly available tweets: Full Twitter chat thread from 10/3/14 on brain health that was disrupted. 2. Please let me know your feedback and if you have any edits on the following paragraph concerning NIH's manual moderation: Once Plaintiffs' complaint was filed, NIH paused its efforts to manually hide comments consistent with its comment moderation guidelines. Prior to this litigation, NIH did engage in manual comment hiding-- however, due to resource constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, these efforts were limited--although it principally relied upon its keyword filters to ensure compliance with its comment moderation guidelines. If NIH had the resources to manually moderate its social media accounts on a more consistent basis, it would have done so. NIH intends to resume manual comment moderation following a resolution of the parties summary judgment motions, if consistent with the Court's order resolving those motions.

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2022-01-25 11:53 Anna Kern open

Hi Sarah, Just confirming receipt and that we are working on these responses. Thanks! Anna
2022-01-25 11:53 Anna Kern open

Hi Sarah, Just confirming receipt and that we are working on these responses. Thanks! Anna
2022-01-25 15:53 Anna Kern open

Hi Amanda and Renate, Below is a draft response (#1) back to Sarah regarding a question about the Twitter chat. I thought that the paragraph they drafted about the manual moderation of comments looked good. Please let us know if you have additional thoughts by COB tomorrow. Thank you! f(OoD)[ Lankford, nate (NIH/OD) [E] limeni, Lydia )) as Office of the General Counsel Public Health Division, NIH Branch (direct) @nih.gov This e-mail message is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient(s) named above. It may contain information that is protected, privileged, or confidential, and it should not be disseminated, distributed, or copied to persons not authorized to receive such information. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify the sender immediately.
2022-01-25 15:53 Anna Kern open

Hi Amanda and Renate, Below is a draft response (#1) back to Sarah regarding a question about the Twitter chat. I thought that the paragraph they drafted about the manual moderation of comments looked good. Please let us know if you have additional thoughts by COB tomorrow. Thank you! 1. Re: PETA on the NIH Twitter chat--can users see that whole Twitter chat? Plaintiffs claimed they may want context for the complaints, but asserted they couldn't necessarily view the whole chat. Is that true? . Yes, for the most part. Tweets from users whose accounts are private would not be seen. However, all of the complaints and PETA's tweets direct at NIH are public. You can see the chat tweets from users who have a public Twitter profile. Here's the link to the chat with those publicly available tweets: Full Twitter chat thread from 10/3/14 on brain health that was disrupted. 2. Please let me know your feedback and if you have any edits on the following paragraph concerning NIH's manual moderation: /OD) [E] Lankford, >; Polimeni, /OD) [E] f(OD)[ Lankford, nate (NIH/OD) [E] limeni, Lydia )E) Once Plaintiffs' complaint was filed, NIH paused its efforts to manually hide comments consistent with its comment moderation guidelines. Prior to this litigation, NIH did engage in manual comment hiding-- however, due to resource constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, these efforts were limited--although it principally relied upon its keyword filters to ensure compliance with its comment moderation guidelines. If NIH had the resources to manually moderate its social media accounts on a more consistent basis, it would have done so. NIH intends to resume manual comment moderation following a resolution of the parties summary judgment motions, if consistent with the Court's order resolving those motions.
2022-01-25 15:53 Anna Kern

Hi Amanda and Renate, Below is a draft response (#1) back to Sarah regarding a question about the Twitter chat. I thought that the paragraph they drafted about the manual moderation of comments looked good. Please let us know if you have additional thoughts by COB tomorrow. Thank you! /OD) [E] Lankford, >; Polimeni, /OD) [E] (o) >) nn Lankford, nate (NIH/OD) [E] limeni, Lydia )) 1. Re: PETA on the NIH Twitter chat--can users see that whole Twitter chat? Plaintiffs claimed they may want context for the complaints, but asserted they couldn't necessarily view the whole chat. Is that true? . Yes, for the most part. Tweets from users with a public profile can be seen by anyone following the chat. Tweets from users whose accounts are private would not be seen by everyone; only followers of a user with a private account would be able to view their tweets. However, PETA's tweets directed at NIH and the tweets complaining about PETA's disruptions are public. Here's the link to the chat with those publicly available tweets: Full Twitter chat thread from 10/3/14 on brain health that was disrupted. 2. Please let me know your feedback and if you have any edits on the following paragraph concerning NIH's manual moderation: Once Plaintiffs' complaint was filed, NIH paused its efforts to manually hide comments consistent with its comment moderation guidelines. Prior to this litigation, NIH did engage in manual comment hiding-- however, due to resource constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, these efforts were limited--although it principally relied upon its keyword filters to ensure compliance with its comment moderation guidelines. If NIH had the resources to manually moderate its social media accounts on a more consistent basis, it would have done so. NIH intends to resume manual comment moderation following a resolution of the parties summary judgment motions, if consistent with the Court's order resolving those motions.
2022-01-26 09:55 Anna Kern open

Bumping!
2022-01-26 09:55 Anna Kern open

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2022-01-26 09:55 Anna Kern open

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2022-01-26 11:30 Renate Myles open

Inline-Images: image001.png Hi Anna: I updated the response to the first Q based on our discussion. Thanks, Renate

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