Declaration in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss — Molly M. Jennings — Children's Health Defense v. Facebook, Inc. (Document 69-1)

Date: 2020-12-21

Summary

The Declaration of Molly M. Jennings in support of Defendants Facebook, Inc.'s and Mark Zuckerberg's Motion to Dismiss Second Amended Complaint, filed December 21, 2020 as Document 69-1 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. The declarant, an attorney at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and counsel for the defendants, attaches three Facebook webpages. Exhibit 1 is the Facebook for Business Fact Checking on Facebook page, Exhibit 2 is the How Our Fact-Checking Program Works page, and Exhibit 3 is 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 69-1).” Original at archive.org, dated 2020-12-21. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2020-12-21-plaintiff-v-facebook-inc-et-al/, SHA-256 68877750a2b9eb359e6c08adcd284db25702fa00f9e986dddebe5bb629806d72.

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          Case 3:20-cv-05787-SI Document 69-1 Filed 12/21/20 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 SECOND
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     CASE NO.: 3:20-CV-05787-SI                                  DECL. OF MOLLY M. JENNINGS
           Case 3:20-cv-05787-SI Document 69-1 Filed 12/21/20 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 the

6    Second Amended Complaint.

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

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

9    2593586717571940?id=673052479947730.
10          3.      Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of Facebook’s “How Our
11   Fact-Checking Program Works” webpage, available at https://www.facebook.com/journalism
12   project/programs/third-party-fact-checking/how-it-works.
13          4.      Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of Facebook’s “Combatting
14   Vaccine Misinformation” webpage, available at https://about.fb.com/news/2019/03/combatting-
15   vaccine-misinformation/.
16          I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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            Executed on this 21st day of December 2020 in Washington, D.C.
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20                                                        By: /s/ Molly M. Jennings________________
                                                              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: December 21, 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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