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Id. Id. are to communicate important public health information, be the voice of factual information in a world of misinformation, and engage the public for educational purposes about public health. 42. Instagram users can comment on or "like" NIH's posts on the page. The NIH's social media comment moderation practices 43. Although many persons and entities have made comments on posts on NIH's Facebook and Instagram pages that are relevant to the topic of the posts, many other persons and entities have posted off-topic and/or inflammatory comments that bear no meaningful relationship to the topic of the posts. For example, NIH posted, on its Instagram account, an "immunofluorescence microscopy image of a human retina from Dr. Angela Kruse at Vanderbilt University," with a few concluding notes, such as "#WomenInScience." Ex. __. In response, multiple users--including Plaintiff --made a number of unrelated comments concerning animals. For example, Plaintiff commented: "No longer use T A X $$ to cut vocal cords of d o g s and k I l l them." Other users posted similar comments, such as "PUPPY KILLERS," and "Sham [sic] on you killers." Id. 44. Similarly, NIH made a post on its Instagram account conveying a woman's story concerning her mother's experience with Alzheimer's disease. For example, the woman stated, "if I had to tell anyone [on] this journey, the biggest piece is just preparing yourself emotionally to lose that person a little bit every single day. Because that's what happens. In six months, something else is different about them. And that's extremely challenging." Ex. __. NIH again received a number of unrelated comments concerning animals, such as "stopanimalabuse" and "FREE THE BEAGLES!!!!!!" Id. 45. Another Instagram post by NIH referenced a "biomedical engineering professor" who "helped develop a portable diagnostic device to detect sickle cell disease in newborns" which