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containing the words "cruel," "primates," "primate," {'non-animal," {' "PETA," "monkeys," and "monkey" were all hidden from public view. A copy of i! comments is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 57. Despite the NIH's use of keyword blocking, PETA employees have occasionally advocated for animal rights in comments posted to the NIH Facebook page by modifying the spelling of certain words or by replacing filtered words with words conveying similar meanings. For example, on October 16, 2020, EE wrote comments on an NIH Facebook Live video about COVID-19 treatment, including: "Francis Collins, thank you for your hard work finding a vaccine for COVID-19. In light of the urgency of devoting resources to find a vaccine and the ineffectiveness of experiments on animals, will you please end the fright expts on macaques of Elisabeth Murray?" and "Francis Collins, please end Elisabeth Murray's fright expts on macaques. People with mental health disorders deserve better, actually effective research."I These comments were not hidden or filtered, and were viewable by the Commented [0GC4]: "Non-animals" is not a filtered term. Please investigate whether the NIH Facebook filter "animal" hid this or whether this may have been hidden through some other mechanism, Le. Facebook's own anti-spam filters. occ 2021-12-06 18:14:00 Commented [FA([5R4]: See above. Likely anti-spam filter. Fine, Amanda (NIH/OD) [E] 2021-12-07 12:21:00 public. A copy of EE comments is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 62. OnApril 29, 2021, commented on an NIH Instagram post about a study on Alzheimer's disease treatment that was conducted on mice, wrote, "It's pretty messed up that you block conversation about animal testing." This comment was hidden from public view due to the NIH's keyword filters. A copy of comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 63. On May 3, 2021 commented on an NIH Instagram post of a cell infected with COVID-19, "It's time we had an open conversation about all the animal testing you fund. What a waste of life and resources." This comment was hidden from public view due to NIH's keyword filters. A copy of EE comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 64. OnMay5, 2021, commented on an NIH Instagram post about Public Service Recognition Week 2021, saying "If you're wanted to actually extend life and reduce illness and disability, you'd directly put funding in the hands of those who need it now and stop wasting billions of dollars torturing animals in labs throughout the US like @uwmadison." This post was hidden due to NIH's keyword filters. A copy of comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 65. On May 6, 202: ; posted substantially the same comment on a similar NIH Facebook post about Public Service Recognition Week 2021. She wrote: "@National Institutes of Health (NIH), If you actually wanted to extend life and reduce illness and disability, you'd directly put funding in the hands of those who need it now and stop wasting billions of dollars torturing animals in labs throughout the US like @University of Wisconsin-Madison." The comment was hidden from the NIH's Facebook page due to NIH's keyword filters, and only, and her Facebook friends could view the comment. A copy of comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 66. OnMay 29, 2021] commented on an NIH Instagram post about diversity in science. [Ej wrote: "How about the victims of 'science'? Going to highlight them too? Why are you still funneling Ins of dollars into animal testing? Its archaic, unsuccessful, and cruel. @nihgov." The comment was hidden due to NIH's keyword filters. A copy i" comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 67. OnJune 13, 2021, I commented on the NIH's Facebook page, writing: "I was diagnosed with PTSD after working at @University of Wisconsin-Madison's Harlow Primate Lab which Commented [OGC6]: I will recommend deleting this from the stipulation. "Experiment" is not on NIH's Facebook filters and no other word in this sentence appears on the filter list. If this quote included the word "experiments" instead of 'expts" it still would have not been hidden. occ 2021-12-06 18:15:00 Commented [FA([7R6]: Okay. Fine, Amanda (NIH/OD) [E] 2021-12-07 12:22:00