Declaration in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss — Molly M. Jennings — Children's Health Defense v. Facebook, Inc. (Document 56-1)

Date: 2020-10-23

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A declaration of Molly M. Jennings, counsel for Defendants Facebook, Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg, filed October 23, 2020 as Document 56-1 in Children's Health Defense v. Facebook, Inc., et al., Case No. 3:20-cv-05787-SI, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It is submitted in support of the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. The declaration attaches three Facebook webpages: Exhibit 1, the Facebook for Business Fact Checking on Facebook page; Exhibit 2, the How Our Fact-Checking Program Works page; and Exhibit 3, the Combatting Vaccine Misinformation page. The three-page filing closes with a signature attestation by Sonal N. Mehta under Civil Local Rule 5-1(i).

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“Declaration in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss — Molly M. Jennings — Children's Health Defense v. Facebook, Inc. (Document 56-1).” Original at archive.org, dated 2020-10-23. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2020-10-23-plaintiff-v-facebook-inc-et-al/, SHA-256 0b23986a2b38d6c6fc6bdacba1d0f39964503f5c42edbc7afc3e4b7b818a13a4.

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          Case 3:20-cv-05787-SI Document 56-1 Filed 10/23/20 Page 1 of 3




1    SONAL N. MEHTA (SBN 222086)
      Sonal.Mehta@wilmerhale.com
2    WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
      HALE AND DORR LLP
3    2600 El Camino Real, Suite 400
     Palo Alto, California 94306
4    Telephone: (650) 858-6000
     Facsimile: (650) 858-6100
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     ARI HOLTZBLATT (pro hac vice)
6     Ari.Holtzblatt@wilmerhale.com
     MOLLY M. JENNINGS (pro hac vice)
7     Molly.Jennings@wilmerhale.com
     ALLISON SCHULTZ (pro hac vice)
8     Allison.Schultz@wilmerhale.com
     WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
9     HALE AND DORR LLP
     1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
10   Washington, DC 20006
     Telephone: (202) 663-6000
11   Facsimile: (202) 663-6363

12   Attorneys for Defendants
     FACEBOOK, INC. and
13   MARK ZUCKERBERG

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                                   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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                                  NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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                                        SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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     CHILDREN’S HEALTH DEFENSE,
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                                    Plaintiff,
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                                                      DECLARATION OF MOLLY M.
            v.
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     FACEBOOK, INC., ET AL.,                          DEFENDANTS FACEBOOK, INC.’S
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                                    Defendants.       MOTION TO DISMISS
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     CASE NO.: 3:20-CV-05787-SI                                  DECL. OF MOLLY M. JENNINGS
           Case 3:20-cv-05787-SI Document 56-1 Filed 10/23/20 Page 2 of 3




1           I, Molly M. Jennings, declare:

2           1.      I am an attorney at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel

3    for Defendants (“Defendants”) Facebook, Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg in the above-captioned action. I

4    am a member in good standing of the Washington, D.C. Bar, and I am admitted pro hac vice to

5    appear before this Court. I submit this declaration in support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.

6           2.      Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the Facebook for Business

7    “Fact Checking on Facebook” webpage, available at https://www.facebook.com/business/help/

8    2593586717571940?id=673052479947730.

9           3.      Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of Facebook’s “How Our
10   Fact-Checking Program Works” webpage, available at https://www.facebook.com/journalism
11   project/programs/third-party-fact-checking/how-it-works.
12          4.      Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of Facebook’s “Combatting
13   Vaccine Misinformation” webpage, available at https://about.fb.com/news/2019/03/combatting-
14   vaccine-misinformation/.
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16          I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
17          Executed on this 23rd day of October 2020 in Washington, D.C.
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                                                          By: /s/ Molly M. Jennings________________
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      CASE NO.: 3:20-CV-05787-SI                                           DECL. OF MOLLY M. JENNINGS
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1                                        SIGNATURE ATTESTATION

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                I am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used to file the foregoing.
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      Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i), I hereby attest that the other signatories have concurred in this
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6     Dated: October 23, 2020                                By: /s/ Sonal N. Mehta ________________
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     CASE NO.: 3:20-CV-05787-SI                       -2-                   DECL. OF MOLLY M. JENNINGS

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