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If so, do you
(Animal
ysted?
received complaints about other comments that it considers to be "off-topic" or "inflammatory"? If so, do you
have any specific proof or examples?
Please see examples below and screenshots attached.
Full Twitter chat thread from 10/3/14 on brain health that was disrupted (Animal
testing focused):
Specific examples of participants complaining of disruption:
https://twitter.com/MarieAnneLeCler/status/518098761617506304
https://twitter.com/CreativeSage/status/518098626456088578
https://twitter.com/CreativeSage/status/518170943727095809
https://twitter.com/CreativeSage/status/518098132589371392
https://twitter.com/tdverstynen/status/518108160880828416
https://twitter.com/CreativeSage/status/518096043297488896
Examples of other off-topic disrupting comments from Facebook and Instagram (mostly
COVID misinformation):
https://www.facebook.com/43331696829/posts/10159317371801830/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/43331696829/posts/10159342469336830/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/100064843296393/posts/239873164850792/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/100064843296393/posts/251454613692647/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/100064843296393/posts/255266059978169/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/100064843296393/posts/255956623242446/?d=n
https://www.instagram.com/p/CT2N82Jlcui/?utm_medium=copy_link
3. In your last response, you mentioned NIH has had some form of guidelines for moderating content since November
2012. Can you provide the guidance used prior to the March 30, 2015 guidelines were posted?
We are still trying to locate this - the person who would know is out sick. Can we have
until tomorrow on this?
4. The Plaintiffs believe Facebook account holders can set the "level" of the profanity filter (weak/strong/etc.). What
level has the NIH selected for its Facebook profanity filter?
NIH has the "strong" profanity filter in place. This has been in place prior to Sep 2020 and
continues to be in place.
5. During the relevant time period (Sep 2020 to now), has the NIH set any Facebook Live video-specific filtering?
No, but the general filters in place from Sep 2020 to now apply to Facebook Lives as well.
Also, the platform attempts to prioritize most relevant comments on Facebook Lives, but
off-topic comments still come through due to the volume of the comments coming
through.
6. On Facebook, is it possible that "non-animal" would be hidden because it contains the filtered word "animal"?
This is our OCR of the page, with running headers and footers removed. The
Committee's PDF
is authoritative; quote from it. Machine-readable, including the uncleaned
text: /api/page/nih_public_comments/101
Records on this page
| Record | Date | Type | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| RE: PETA Lawsuit Update and Requests for Information | 2022-01-03 | 100–102 |