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59. On May 27, 2021, attempted to post several comments to an NIH Live video featuring Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, including: "Thank you, Dr. Corbett and Dr. Collins, for your hard work on the COVID vaccines! Why is the NIH still wasting funds on Elisabeth Murray's monkey fright experiments instead of investing more in important clinical research about COVID-19?" This comment contains the word "monkey," which is on NIH's Facebook keyword filter list. The comments were hidden from public view and were only viewable by and Facebook friends. A copy of comments is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 60. On June 4, 2021, PETA employee , using a pseudonymous account, posted a series of comments to an NIH Facebook post about social deprivation and adoption. posted comments containing the following words: "monkey," "cruel," "PETA," "TORTURE," "TORTURING," "TORMENT," "ANIMALS," "NON-ANIMAL," "primates," "tests," "fake spider," "fake snake," "fright," "experiments," "vacuum," and "burn." The comments containing the words "monkey," "cruel," "PETA, "TORTURE," "TORTURING," "TORMENT," and "ANIMALS"--which were on NIH's Facebook keyword filter list at the time of these comments--were all hidden from users' public view. However, "PETA" is no longer an NIH Facebook keyword filter as of December 3, 2021. A copy of comments is attached hereto as Exhibit [X]. 61. On July 2, 2021, PETA employee posted a series of one-word comments to an NIH Facebook post about cancer research. posted the following words: "experiments," "fright," "fake snake," "fake spider," "tests," "cruel," "primates," "primate," "non-animal," "animals," "torment," "torture," "PETA," "monkeys," and "monkey." The comments containing the words "cruel," "primates," "primate," "animals," "torment," "torture," "PETA," "monkeys," and "monkey" were all hidden from users' public view. However,