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receives funding from you, the @National Institutes of Health (NIH), to torture animals in the name of science. Its despicable that you continue to harm animals and call it progress when so many people are without the means to access mental healthcare, general healthcare, and medication that already exists." 'The comment was hidden due to NIH's keyword filters. A copy of EN comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 68. Despite the NIH's use of keyword filters, has occasionally advocated for animal rights in comments replying to the NIHs Instagram posts by modifying the spelling and spacing of certain words. For example, on April 29, 202, commented, "Ok let me try again. It's pretty messed up that you block any conversation about anI malt esting." This comment was not hidden from view, and a copy of the comment is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. Ryan Hartkopf 71. On April 24, 2021, EE commented on an April 23, 2021 @nihgov Instagram post about "National DNA Day" by stating, "The Wisconsin NPRC is a disgrace. I personally know 2 former employees who were traumatized by their experience as primate caretakers. There is no humane way to keep 1,650 primates in small steel cages for decades without inflicting massive psychological damage. On top of that, the University of Wisconsin has banned any keywords regarding primate testing on their social media pages, meaning any opposition on social media is automatically silenced. They also delete the testimonials of former employees. Why go to all that trouble to silence their own alumni if everything is above-board? We need to reinvest in human-relevant, modern research instead of this barbaric and archaic practice, which does not yield cures to our most deadly diseases!" After checking the post using a different Instagram account and confirming that the comment post was not publicly viewable, EEE deleted this comment. 72. [EE then wrote a series of one-word comments on an NIH Instagram post, dated January 28, 2021. Mr. Hartkopf posted: "test," "monkeys," "experiments," "peta," "experimenting," "torture," and "testing." (None off comments were publicly viewable due to the NIH's use of keyword filters, although the comments containing the words "experiments" and "experimenting" could be viewed by an Instagram user who selected "view hidden comments" on the NIH's Instagram post.|A copy off comments is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. RB. next wrote a series of one-word comments to an NIH Facebook post on IVF conception, wrote, "peta," "primate," "primates," "monkey," "monkeys," "torture," "torturing," "tortures." These comments were hidden from public view, and were only visible to] HE 2° Facebook friends, due to the NIH's use of keyword filters. A copy a 'comments is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 74. On April 29, 2021, posted substantially the same comment he wrote on April 24, 2021 to an NIH Instagram post about treatment for antibiotic-resistant infections. He commented, "The Wisconsin NPRC is a disgrace. I personally know 2 former employees who were traumatized by their experience as primate caretakers. There is no humane way to keep 1,650 primates in small steel cages for decades without inflicting massive psychological damage. On top of that, the University of Wisconsin has banned any keywords regarding primate testing on their social media pages, meaning any discourse on social media is automatically silenced. They also delete the testimonials of former employees. Why go to all that trouble to silence their own alumni if everything is above-board? We need to reinvest in Commented [OGC8]: The NIH Instagram filter list includes "experiment." However, it does not include 'experiments" or "experimenting." Please investigate whether the filter "experiment" could have also filtered "experiments" and "experimenting." Or, whether some other mechanism may have hidden "experiments" and "experimenting," such as whether these terms were hidden manually or whether Instagram's spam filter may have removed these words. Also, please comment on why only "experiments" and "experimenting" may have been viewable under "view hidden comments." oGc 2021-12-06 18:17:00 Commented [FA([9R8]: On Instagram it has to be the exact word or phrase. We were not manually hiding Instagram comments at that time, so we think it would be an Instagram filter. Fine, Amanda (NIH/OD) [E] 2021-12-07 15:36:00