Campbell et al v. Facebook Inc.

Filing 179

Joint Notice of Refiling of Documents Accompanying Class Certification Briefs and Evidentiary Objections. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 (Redacted), # 2 Exhibit 2 (Redacted), # 3 Exhibit 3 (Redacted), # 4 Exhibit 4 (Redacted), # 5 Exhibit 5 (Redacted), # 6 Exhibit 6 (Redacted), # 7 Exhibit 7 (Redacted), # 8 Exhibit 8 (Unredacted), # 9 Exhibit 9 (Unredacted), # 10 Exhibit 10 (Redacted), # 11 Exhibit 11 (Redacted), # 12 Exhibit 12 (Redacted), # 13 Exhibit 13 (Redacted), # 14 Exhibit 14 (Redacted), # 15 Exhibit 15 (Redacted), # 16 Exhibit 16 (Redacted), # 17 Exhibit 17 (Redacted), # 18 Exhibit 18 (Redacted), # 19 Exhibit 19 (Unredacted), # 20 Exhibit 20 (Redacted), # 21 Exhibit 21 (Redacted), # 22 Exhibit 22 (Unredacted), # 23 Exhibit 23 (Redacted), # 24 Exhibit 24 (Redacted), # 25 Exhibit 25 (Unredacted))(Chorba, Christopher) (Filed on 3/28/2016) Modified on 3/29/2016 (kcS, COURT STAFF).

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1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 OAKLAND DIVISION 4 5 MATTHEW CAMPBELL, MICHAEL HURLEY, ) and DAVID SHADPOUR, ) 6 ) Plaintiffs, 7 ) Case No. vs. ) C 13-05996 PJH 8 ) FACEBOOK, INC., ) 9 ) Defendant. 10 ) ) __________________________________) 11 12 13 14 15 16 VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF MATTHEW D. CAMPBELL 17 San Francisco, California 18 May 19, 2015 19 Volume I 20 21 22 Reported by: CARLA SOARES 23 CSR No. 5908 24 Job No. 2067810 25 Pages 1 - 294 Page 1 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 anybody else? 2 A Just with my wife. 3 Q Just generally, what have you discussed 4 09:14:18 regarding this case with your wife? 5 A The underlying basis of the suit and the 6 allegations against Facebook. 7 being in the lawsuit, I guess, was one of her first 8 questions. 9 09:14:32 it. 10 11 12 Q And how I wound up And that's more or less the extent of And how did you end up being involved in 09:14:49 the lawsuit? A I had -- how did it work? I had a 13 conversation with Mr. Slade. 14 underlying facts and asked if I would be interested 15 because -- first asked if I had any sort of messages 16 that would have had URLs and would have, you know, 17 kind of fallen into the subject matter. 18 when I said I had, he asked if I would be 19 interested. 20 21 22 Q He mentioned the 09:15:09 And then And did he reach out to you or did you 09:15:22 reach out to him? A We -- I honestly can't remember. 23 up in the course of a conversation. 24 It came who broached it first. 25 Q I'm not sure Did you know Mr. Slade before this initial 09:15:40 Page 19 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 contact? 09:15:43 2 A Yes. 3 Q How did you know him? 4 A Well, I've known him for probably three 5 years. I can't recall exactly how I met him. 6 Q 7 or classmate? 8 A Friend. 9 Q Do you remember when you first met him? 10 A About three years ago. 11 Q What about the circumstances? 09:15:53 Was he a personal acquaintance or a friend 12 social function? 13 09:16:09 Was it a some sort? 14 A Was it a professional meeting of I think we had a -- still have a mutual 15 friend, and that's how we sort of encountered one 16 another. 17 18 Q 09:16:20 And who is the mutual friend, if you remember? 19 A His name is 20 Q Okay. Can you just give me, 21 Mr. Campbell -- again, you've been through this 22 process before. 23 bit of your educational background. 24 school, where you went, when you graduated, college, 25 and I know you attended law school as well. 09:16:35 So I'd just like to get a little Start with high 09:16:52 Page 20 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q Not for the Facebook page that you set up? 2 A Correct. 3 Q And do you know who that 1 represents? 4 A I have no idea. 5 Q Do you know if there's any way to find 6 09:46:44 That's my understanding. 09:46:56 that out? 7 A I have no idea. 8 Q I think you mentioned you have a Facebook 9 page for the Pinnacle Law Firm. 10 A Yes. 09:47:08 11 MR. CHORBA: 12 (Exhibit 2 was marked for identification 13 14 Let's mark this as Exhibit 2. and is attached hereto.) BY MR. CHORBA: 15 Q Mr. Campbell, please take a moment to 16 review the document that the court reporter has 17 09:47:29 handed you which we've marked as Exhibit 2. 18 And I'll represent to you that this is a 19 copy of the Pinnacle Law Firm public-facing page 20 that we found on Facebook and printed about a week 21 ago. 22 let me know when you're ready. 09:47:42 Just take a moment to familiarize yourself and 23 A Okay. 24 Q Why do you have a Facebook page for the 25 Pinnacle Law Firm? 09:47:59 Page 44 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A For advertising purposes for the law firm. 2 Q Who would you say is your audience for the 3 4 5 09:48:01 advertising? A Potentially any potential client in Arkansas with access to Facebook. 6 Q Anyone else? 7 A Not that I can think of specifically, no. 8 Q 09:48:23 You mentioned -- and we don't have to turn 9 back to it, but I think one of the areas you 10 identified was assisting with appellate advocacy in 11 Arkansas. 12 A Yes. 13 Q 09:48:40 Do you ever partner with counsel and 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 assist them with the appellate process? A I have to varying degrees two or three 09:48:51 times over the last couple of years. Q Do you consider co-counsel to be your clients in those situations? A It depends on the arrangement between myself and co-counsel. Q 09:49:06 Would those potential co-counsel 22 relationships be another potential audience for your 23 Facebook page? 24 25 A Possibly. I've never -- never gotten a co-counsel arrangement from somebody that I didn't 09:49:26 Page 45 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 know outside of Facebook. 2 Q 09:49:29 How about I guess direct client 3 relationships? 4 Facebook page? 5 6 A Have any of those come out of your Possibly. I can't think of any one 09:49:48 specific. 7 Q When you go through the client intake 8 process, do you ask your clients or prospective 9 clients how they heard of you? 10 A Yes. 09:49:57 11 Q As part of that, do you have a list of 12 questions, a sort of set checklist that you go 13 through, or is it more just ad hoc? 14 A It's more ad hoc. I'll ask that at some 15 point during the intake process. 16 information that I have a form for is identifying 17 information and contact information, potential 18 witnesses. 19 Q But the only 09:50:08 As part of that intake process, do you ask 20 the specific question, "Did you see my Facebook 21 page?" 22 A No. 23 Q 09:50:24 But you said it's possible that you've 24 obtained clients through the public-facing Facebook 25 page? 09:50:33 Page 46 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 A No. Two of my friends have administrator 10:09:54 access and help with the tech side of things. 3 Q 4 And who are those friends? A 10:10:10 6 7 8 9 Q And do help you with the running of the website? A does from time to time on the -- on this kind of stuff, the layout and the tech side of 10 things. 11 Q 12 13 10:10:28 And did you ask them to add Facebook and Twitter functionality to your website? A I don't know if I asked or if he just 14 mentioned it and asked me if I wanted him to do it. 15 But at some point there was a conversation. 16 17 Q 10:10:44 And you approved of having this on the website? 18 A Yes. 19 Q Why did you approve of having Facebook 20 social plug-in technology on your website? 21 A I don't know that there was a particular 22 reason. I just didn't see a reason not to include 23 10:11:02 it given that it was an option. 24 Q Do you think it's beneficial to have it on 25 your website? 10:11:17 Page 62 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Honestly, I don't know that I see any 2 benefit to this particular social plug-in. 3 there is some benefit to the website from Facebook, 4 10:11:25 but I don't think this plug-in is it. 5 6 7 Q I think What is the benefit to the website from 10:11:38 Facebook? A Generating traffic back to the website 8 from the actual Blue Hog Report Facebook page is the 9 primary benefit that I've seen. 10 Q And how about if we turn to page 3, the 11 "Like" button. 12 10:11:54 And again, do you recognize this as a specific article -- 13 A Yes. 14 Q -- page? 15 So if we turn back to page 1, if we were 16 to click on one of those articles, it would bring up 17 a page that looks a little bit like 3. 18 the specific article here, but this would be the 19 10:12:03 general layout; is that correct? Maybe not 20 A Yes. 10:12:15 21 Q If you notice at the top right it says, 22 "facebook.com/bluehogreport," and then 23 "@bluehogreport." 24 25 Is the second one the Twitter handle? A Yes. 10:12:27 Page 63 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 active use? 2 that category? 3 A What types of uses are you including in 10:32:12 Posting anything, myself posting things to 4 my timeline, posting things to the Blue Hog page or 5 the Pinnacle Law Firm page, commenting on other 6 people's statuses or posts. 7 Q Do you enjoy using Facebook? 8 A I guess so, most of the time. 9 Q And why? 10 A It's entertaining at times. 10:32:27 11 12 13 14 It's 10:33:03 occasionally informative. Q You said "most of the time." Is there a time you don't enjoy using Facebook? A Just in those moments of, you know, 15 somebody's wrong on the Internet and it becomes 16 these inane Facebook arguments between friends. 17 18 19 20 21 22 Q 10:33:22 When did you first use the Facebook Messenger product? A I have no idea beyond just right around the same time that it was added to my account. Q 10:33:49 And do you remember approximately when that was? 23 A No. 24 Q And you've -- since filing this lawsuit in 25 No. December 2013, have you continued to use Facebook? 10:34:11 Page 71 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Yes. 2 Q Why? 3 A Are you asking about the Messenger product 4 5 6 10:34:14 specifically or Facebook broadly? Q Let's deal with each in sequence. How 10:34:32 about Facebook more broadly? 7 A Why have I continued to use that? 8 Q Yes. 9 A Because I had no reason to stop using it 10 11 12 13 simply based on filing the lawsuit. Q 10:34:40 That's a reason I guess not to stop. But why did you continue to use it? A I suppose because it's the largest social 14 media site in the world, and most of the people I 15 know are on there. 16 17 Q 10:35:01 And how about Messages? Have you continued to use Messages since filing the suit? 18 A Yes. 19 Q At any point have you -- we talked about 20 the Blue Hog page and the Pinnacle page. At any 21 point have you ever given access to your personal 22 Facebook account to anybody else? 23 A No. 24 Q 10:35:19 As far as you know, has anyone ever sent 25 messages through your personal account on your 10:35:32 Page 72 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 private messenger function. 2 Q 3 that you had? 4 A 10:48:31 5 And what was the source of the information There was a conversation with David Slade. MR. CARNEY: I'd caution you here not to 6 discuss the actual language you and Mr. Slade used 7 10:48:46 in any discussions you had. 8 THE WITNESS: 9 MR. CHORBA: Are you objecting, Counsel? 10 MR. CARNEY: Yes. 11 MR. CHORBA: On what basis? 12 MR. CARNEY: No, I'm not objecting. 13 10:48:57 I'm just -- 14 Okay. BY MR. CHORBA: 15 Q You can answer, Mr. Campbell. 10:49:01 16 A There was a conversation with Mr. Slade in 17 reference to a 2013 Wall Street Journal article that 18 discussed the practice of scanning the private 19 messages. 20 21 Q And when was this conversation with 10:49:19 Mr. Slade? 22 A Sometime late 2013, after The Wall Street 23 Journal article came out but before the lawsuit was 24 filed. 25 Q And how did you speak with Mr. Slade? Was 10:49:33 Page 82 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 it phone call, in person, or through some other 2 means? 3 4 5 6 A 10:49:35 I believe it was a combination of Facebook message and also a phone call. Q How did -- did Mr. Slade contact you or 10:49:49 did you contact him? 7 A 8 recall. 9 Q I don't recall. I think -- I don't Did you know about the 2013 Wall Street 10 Journal article that you referenced before speaking 11 with Mr. Slade? 12 A I believe I did. 13 Q 10:50:01 And how did you come to be aware of that 14 15 16 article? A I think I saw that someone had posted it 10:50:24 on Facebook. 17 Q One of your friends? 18 A I couldn't tell you. 19 Someone who showed up in my news feed in some form or another. 20 Q You don't remember who it was? 21 A No. 22 Q Do you remember if it was at the time the 23 24 25 10:50:35 article was published or was it sometime after? A I couldn't tell you. I mean, by definition it was sometime after the article had 10:50:51 Page 83 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 (Recess, 11:03 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.) 2 THE VIDEO OPERATOR: 11:03:02 We are back on the 3 record at 11:10 a.m. 4 Volume I, Media No. 2, of the deposition of Matthew 5 Campbell. 6 BY MR. CHORBA: 7 Q 8 9 10 This marks the beginning of Please continue. 11:10:07 Welcome back, Mr. Campbell. I should have asked this earlier, but you understand that when we take breaks, you're still under oath when you return? 11 A Yes. 12 Q Okay. 11:10:14 Turning back to Exhibit No. 6, we 13 were talking about the phrase "scanning of private 14 messages in the manner alleged in the complaint." 15 Are there any practices that you 16 challenge, as far as you know, that are not alleged 17 11:10:31 in the complaint? 18 A No. 19 Q So you noted earlier you'd need to have a 20 copy of the complaint. If we consulted the 21 complaint and we consulted this response, it would 22 be complete, there's nothing else that wouldn't be 23 identified, either there or here? 24 A Correct. 25 Q Did you ever contemplate bringing a 11:10:45 11:10:56 Page 92 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 lawsuit against Facebook before speaking to 2 Mr. Slade? 3 4 5 A 11:11:06 No. (Question not answered per instruction of counsel:) Q At the time you spoke with Mr. Slade, did 6 he tell you that he was filing a lawsuit against 7 11:11:17 Facebook? 8 9 MR. CARNEY: Object to form. attorney-client privilege. It calls for I'm going to instruct 10 the deponent not to answer that question. 11 BY MR. CHORBA: 12 13 Q 11:11:31 Are you going to follow your counsel's instruction, Mr. Campbell? 14 A Yes. 15 Q At the time you spoke with Mr. Slade, did 16 17 11:11:41 he ask you to serve as a plaintiff in this lawsuit? A I don't know that he asked me. I wouldn't 18 go so far as to say that he asked me to be a 19 plaintiff. 20 Q Did you volunteer to serve as a plaintiff? 21 A After discussion with him, yes. 22 Q At any point in time during these 23 discussions with Mr. Slade in or about October or 24 November of 2013, was there discussion of a 25 potential monetary recovery from any lawsuit, yes or 11:12:04 11:12:22 Page 93 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 privilege log, dated October 30, 2013? 2 A I believe so, yes. 3 Q 11:16:37 Again, the statement in this letter 4 dated -- or marked as Exhibit 6 is accurate? 5 A Yes. 11:16:52 6 Q So it's true you first learned of the 7 facts concerning Facebook's scanning of private 8 messages in the manner alleged in the complaint 9 through this private message from Mr. Slade on 10 October 30, 2013? 11:17:03 11 A Yes. 12 Q Mr. Campbell, when you made the decision 13 to join or serve as a plaintiff in this lawsuit 14 against Facebook, were you aware of similar class 15 action lawsuits pending against Google and Yahoo! 16 regarding the alleged scanning of email messages? 17 A No. 18 Q 11:17:20 Have you since become aware of those 19 lawsuits? 20 21 22 23 24 25 A Only in the broadest sense that they Q 11:17:31 What do you know about those other exist. lawsuits? A Literally just what you just said, that there are lawsuits regarding emails. 11:17:42 Page 97 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 point or another, I ran into him in person. Q 11:20:19 And who is your friend that works at the law school? 4 A 5 Q And which law school is this? 6 A University of Arkansas Little Rock. 7 Q And had you had other meetings with 11:20:27 8 Mr. Slade before October 30, 2013, or was it just 9 one meeting in person before then? 10 encounter? 11 Or one meeting, necessarily. 12 13 A You mentioned an encounter, not a 11:20:52 I've run into him in a social setting multiple times. 14 Q Do you consider him one of your friends? 15 A Yes. 16 Q Had he ever represented you before? 17 A No. 18 Q And was it during this post October 30, 11:21:02 19 2013, meeting, you know, a week give or take four 20 days after, was that when you decided to retain 21 Mr. Slade to represent you in your case against 22 Facebook? 23 A 11:21:16 I believe it was actually over a telephone 24 call that I sort of made the final decision. I 25 think by the time we met in person, that had already 11:21:38 Page 100 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 kind of been more or less established. Q 11:21:40 And this was a phone call after the initial private message? 4 A Yes. 5 Q Did you ever consider using attorneys 6 other than Mr. Slade or his firm to bring this 7 11:21:49 lawsuit? 8 A No. 9 Q Why not? 10 A Because I knew David and I trusted his 11 12 11:21:59 understanding of the subject matter. Q And at the time I guess you first met with 13 David through your mutual contact, 14 what did you know to be David's practice area? 15 Mr. Slade's practice area? 16 A Excuse me. 11:22:26 Other than knowing the firm that he worked 17 at, I didn't -- I hadn't actually talked to him 18 about his practice area. 19 in practice a few years, and our interactions had 20 been social, not work-related. He only -- he's only been 21 Q And when did he graduate, do you know? 22 A I don't know. 23 Q But recently, within the last ten years? 24 A Oh, yeah. 25 Q Did he graduate after you graduated from 11:22:48 Definitely. 11:22:57 Page 101 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 (Recess, 11:24 a.m. - 11:34 a.m.) 2 THE VIDEO OPERATOR: 3 The time is 11:34. 4 11:24:56 Back on the record. Please continue. MR. CARNEY: Counsel, we've had the 5 opportunity to confer, and without certainly waiving 6 any attorney-client privilege rights we have, I'm 7 going to instruct my client to answer your last 8 question. 9 10 MR. CHORBA: 12 13 Do you need me to repeat the last question? 11 11:34:12 11:34:27 MR. CARNEY: Could you do that? Yeah. BY MR. CHORBA: Q I believe I asked you, Mr. Campbell, 14 whether it was fair to say Mr. Slade identified and 15 picked you as opposed to you selecting Mr. Slade to 16 bring this action. 17 why is that not accurate? 18 You answered no. I asked you, Can you answer that question now? 19 A Yes. 20 Q And that was after your discussions with 21 11:34:36 I volunteered to be the plaintiff. 11:34:52 Mr. Slade? 22 A Yes. 23 Q And you had not reached out to Mr. Slade 24 about bringing an action against Facebook before he 25 contacted you? 11:35:06 Page 104 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Correct. 2 Q So why is it -- why is my characterization 3 that he picked you, you didn't pick him, inaccurate? 4 5 11:35:06 A Because he didn't contact me to ask me to be the plaintiff. 6 Q 7 11:35:25 Why did he contact you? Let me ask it in yes or no form. Did he 8 contact you because he was contemplating a lawsuit 9 against Facebook, yes or no? 10 11 A I can't speak to what he was 11:35:52 contemplating. 12 Q Do you know why he contacted you? 13 A Yes. 14 Q And why did he contact you? 15 A He contacted me as a fellow attorney, just 16 sort of -- just sort of discussing broadly the 17 11:36:06 facts. 18 19 Q Had he ever contacted you before regarding potential litigation? 20 A No. 11:36:25 21 Q And when in this sequence did you 22 volunteer to serve as a plaintiff? We mentioned -- 23 by "this sequence," I mean you have the initial 24 message by Mr. Slade, October 30. 25 meeting, I guess, three to 11 days after that. There's the 11:36:49 Page 105 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 When in that sequence did you volunteer to 11:36:54 become a plaintiff? A I believe -- I can't say for certain. 4 believe I tossed out the idea in the message and 5 then confirmed it to him in the telephone 6 conversation. 7 Q I 11:37:09 That's my memory of it. And when you say you tossed out the idea 8 in the message, was that in your response to 9 Mr. Slade's Facebook message to you on October 30, 10 11 12 13 or was it at a later date? A Oh, no. 11:37:28 I see what your question is. It would have been in that October 30 exchange. Q So is that -- as far as you know, is that 14 the second entry on the privilege log marked as 15 Exhibit 7? 16 Matt Campbell, Recipient, David Slade." It states, "October 30, 2013, Author, 17 A I suppose it would have to be. 18 Q 11:37:42 So the sequence, Mr. Slade writes to you, 19 you then respond and volunteer to serve as a 20 plaintiff? 21 A 11:38:04 Again, I'm working from memory. It's 22 possible that that message a few days later on 11-3 23 was where I volunteered. 24 whether it was my immediate response on 10-30 or the 25 one a few days later. I can't say for certain 11:38:16 Page 106 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 all decisions. 2 allegations that are made in the complaint. 3 provided hundreds of pages of documents in 4 discovery. 5 locate those documents with Mr. Slade and my other 6 attorneys. 7 I've had input into the factual 12:14:25 I've I've walked through the search for -- to 12:14:47 At every step along the way, I've had -- 8 I've been kept in the loop on communication and had 9 some input. 10 Q Was there any -- ever any point in time, 11 yes or no, where your attorneys wanted to either 12 assert a claim or take a certain position and you 13 12:15:06 rejected that proposal, yes or no? 14 A No. 15 Q Were there ever any strategic decisions 16 where you disagreed, yes or no, with their proposed 17 12:15:26 course of action? 18 19 20 21 A No. I've deferred to them for all legal strategy. Q You mentioned local counsel. Is that 12:15:42 Mr. Carney's firm? 22 A Yeah. They've been my point of contact. 23 Q Local counsel kind of has a special 24 connotation with lawyers, as I'm sure you 25 understand. They're counsel of record in this case? 12:15:53 Page 137 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Right. 2 Q I just wanted to clarify. 3 A I spoke inarticulately there. 4 Q You meant they were local to you? 5 A Right. 6 Q Got it. 7 8 I -- 12:15:56 I'm sorry. 12:16:05 Have you served, or on your behalf, have discovery requests been served on Facebook? 9 A To my knowledge, yes. 10 Q Do you know what types of requests? 11 A I do not. 12 Q Interrogatories? 13 14 15 12:16:23 Do you know whether there have been interrogatories served? A I don't know. That's something that I've deferred to the attorneys. 16 Q How about document requests? 17 A I don't know. 18 Q 12:16:36 Did you participate in any way in the 19 drafting of discovery requests directed to Facebook? 20 A No. 21 Q But you provided discovery responses in 22 I'm not the attorney in this case. 12:16:58 this case, correct? 23 A Yes. 24 Q Whose decision was it to bring this case 25 as a class action? 12:17:12 Page 138 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 A That was a decision by one of the 12:17:18 attorneys involved or all of the attorneys involved. Q Did you review the initial disclosures served on behalf of the plaintiffs in this case? 5 A Yes. 6 Q Did you review the supplemental initial 7 12:17:30 disclosures? 8 A Yes. 9 Q Did you review the responses served on 10 your behalf to Facebook's interrogatories? 11 A Yes. 12 Q 12:17:39 And did you review a set of corrected 13 responses to Facebook's interrogatories? 14 A Yes. 15 Q How about the document requests, responses 16 to the document requests? 17 12:17:49 Did you review those before they were filed? 18 A Yes. 19 Q Did you sign any of these documents? 20 A I don't recall one way or the other. 21 Q Do you remember reviewing all these 22 12:18:03 responses for accuracy? 23 A Yes. 24 Q Did you make every effort to make sure 25 they were correct? 12:18:12 Page 139 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 or icon? 13:44:08 2 A Yeah, that's a fair description. 3 Q And when you've sent messages, you've seen 4 that URL preview? 5 A Yes, I've seen it. 6 Q Have you seen it every time you've 7 8 9 10 13:44:17 included a URL or just sometimes? A I don't recall. I don't know that I've seen it every time. Q And how would you determine whether or not 11 you've seen it every time? 12 13:44:28 you've seen it every time? 13 A Could you determine if Retroactively, probably not. I know that 14 it wasn't a feature, to my recollection, when the 15 private messaging was first introduced. 16 along later. That came 17 Q Do you remember when? 18 A No. 19 Q 13:44:46 Do you understand that Facebook has copies 20 of messages that its users send and that are stored 21 on its servers? 22 A 13:44:55 Again, I can't say that I know that 23 they're stored on Facebook's servers. I understand 24 that they have copies based on my ability to 25 download these through this litigation. 13:45:10 Page 164 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 that yield a larger universe than the universe you 2 ultimately produced? 3 MR. CARNEY: 4 THE WITNESS: 13:48:42 Object to form. I produced 100 percent of 5 what I downloaded and searched -- 100 percent of 6 what I had I produced to counsel. 7 BY MR. CHORBA: 8 9 10 Q 13:48:52 And when you downloaded, did you download messages -- only messages that contained URLs or did you just download everything? 13:49:05 11 A I downloaded everything. 12 Q And do you understand that what was 13 produced was only those messages that contained 14 URLs? 15 A That seems to be what is represented, yes. 16 Q And do you know why it was limited in that 17 13:49:18 fashion? 18 MR. CARNEY: Object to form to the extent 19 it involved discussions you had with counsel. 20 I'm instructing you not to answer. 21 BY MR. CHORBA: 22 23 Q I asked a yes or no. And 13:49:29 Do you know why it was limited in that manner, yes or no? 24 A Yes. 25 Q And why was that? Can you answer that 13:49:38 Page 168 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 without consulting with your attorney? A decision. I can -- no, I can't. 13:49:41 That was a legal I deferred to them on that. 4 Q That was not your decision? 5 A No. I've deferred the actual legal 6 matters in this case to the attorneys who are 7 13:50:01 handling it. 8 9 10 11 12 Q Mr. Campbell, what is your understanding of how the Facebook "Like" social plug-in works? A Beyond what I testified to earlier, I 13:50:16 don't know that I have additional understanding. Q In this lawsuit, do you object to the, 13 quote, scanning, end quote, of Facebook messages to 14 increase the "Like" count? 15 A Yes. 13:50:35 16 Q And do you object in this lawsuit to the, 17 quote, scanning of Facebook messages for the 18 purposes of developing user profiles to support and 19 deliver targeted advertising? 20 A Yes. 21 Q Do you object to the, quote, scanning, end 22 13:50:49 quote, of Facebook messages for any purpose? 23 A Yes. 24 Q Are there any exceptions to that? 25 A With respect to my messages, none that I 13:51:06 Page 169 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 can think of. 2 Q 3 4 13:51:08 What about scanning messages in order to deliver them to the intended recipients? A Scanning the content of the message to 5 deliver it to the intended recipient, yes, I would 6 object to that. 7 8 Q 13:51:25 What about scanning messages to filter messages? 9 MR. CARNEY: Object to form. 10 You can answer. 11 THE WITNESS: 12 Can you be more specific in terms of -- filter how? 13 13:51:37 BY MR. CHORBA: 14 15 Q What about scanning messages to store the messages? 13:51:47 16 MR. CARNEY: Object to form. 17 You can answer. 18 THE WITNESS: I -- yes, I would object. I 19 don't see a purpose, why the content would need to 20 be scanned for storage purposes. 21 BY MR. CHORBA: 22 Q Let's carve out scanning the content. 23 purpose. 25 actual content of the message? I'm not asking about scanning -- scanning for any 24 13:51:58 Is your objection limited to scanning the 13:52:08 Page 170 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A I can't -- 13:52:14 2 MR. CARNEY: Object to form. 3 You can answer. 4 THE WITNESS: I can't see what other -- 5 I'm wondering if we're using different meanings for 6 "scanning" here. 7 BY MR. CHORBA: 8 9 10 11 Q Why don't you explain what you mean by "scanning." It's a term you've used earlier and in your responses, so I'm trying to understand that. A 13:52:24 13:52:32 I mean specifically looking at and 12 extracting information from the content of the 13 message itself. 14 it's addressed to as scanning. 15 16 17 Q Okay. I don't consider looking at who So identifying the actual recipient 13:52:49 you wouldn't consider content? A Correct. I would -- that would be the 18 same as -- I look at that as the same as addressing 19 a letter to somebody. 20 without having any idea what's inside the envelope. 21 22 Q Okay. 13:53:06 And how about the -- I guess the date of the message? 23 MR. CARNEY: 24 THE WITNESS: 25 You can see who it's going to Object to form. To the extent that that's separate from the content of the message, then I 13:53:24 Page 171 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 wouldn't object to that. 2 the date on a postmark. 3 BY MR. CHORBA: 4 Q I'd say that's similar to 13:53:29 So when you refer to scanning, you're 5 talking exclusively about the content, and by 6 "content," you mean what's in the actual message, 7 the body of the message itself? 8 A Yes. 9 Q Does that include URLs? 10 A Yes. 11 Q 13:53:39 Does that include URLs to generate URL 12 13 13:53:51 previews? A To the extent that it requires more than 14 just sort of an automatic -- more than an automatic 15 function of the software, yes. 16 Q 13:54:13 What do you mean by "automatic function of 17 the software"? 18 understand. 19 A I just want to make sure I This is sort of getting above my pay grade 20 in terms of technology, but if that's a function 21 that is just coded into the software and it happens 22 automatically and that information goes no further 23 than to create that preview, which I can then choose 24 to remove, I see that as -- I would not object to it 25 in that situation. Anything beyond that, yes. 13:54:25 13:54:44 Page 172 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q What about checking to make sure a URL is 2 a valid URL and not, for example, a URL that 3 redirects to a malicious website? 4 scanning necessary to ensure that it's not 5 redirecting to a malicious website, do you have an 6 13:54:46 objection to that? 7 A If they're 13:55:01 On some level, yes, to the extent it gets 8 into any sort of content or any use of the 9 information contained therein. 10 11 Q What if the information is used solely to 13:55:22 protect the integrity of the site? 12 A To protect the integrity of Facebook's 14 Q Yes. 15 A I suppose I need a more concrete example 13 16 17 site? 13:55:39 before I can answer that. Q Okay. Let's say hypothetically it 18 redirects to a site that then downloads malware, 19 either into Facebook itself or into the user's 20 computer. 21 22 23 24 25 13:55:52 Would that be an example of scanning the content of a message to which you would object? A Would it even be possible for a site to download malware into Facebook's site? Q Let's say -- let's put Facebook's site 13:56:04 Page 173 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 aside. 2 site -- assume for the moment that it is possible -- 3 would you have an objection to that? 4 5 If it's to protect the integrity of the A 13:56:07 I would, because there are other ways that Facebook could protect itself from such malware. 6 Q How would that be? 7 A 13:56:23 They could block the installation directly 8 instead of preventing the sending of a message. 9 They could protect themselves on the back end. 10 Q And how about scanning, as you defined it, 11 the URL to make sure it's not redirecting to a 12 malicious website that would then be used to 13 download malware to the individual user's computer? 14 13:56:42 Would you have an objection to that? 15 A I would, because to my understanding, 16 Facebook would not be liable for what happened to 17 that other user's computer. 18 Facebook is scanning to prevent that to be a little 19 disingenuous. 20 Q 13:57:06 So I find the idea that So your objections hinge on whether or not 21 Facebook would be legally liable to its users and 22 13:57:19 not whether it's designed to protect its users? 23 MR. CARNEY: Object to form. 24 You can answer. 25 THE WITNESS: Only in the specific 13:57:29 Page 174 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 previous example that you gave. 2 BY MR. CHORBA: 3 Q 13:57:31 What about scanning of the content of 4 messages, again as you've defined, and in 5 particular, the URLs that are on lists maintained by 6 law enforcement as known child pornography sites? 7 A 13:57:41 I would still object to that to the extent 8 that it got into -- if it went beyond just blocking 9 that outright. 10 If it was something where a person could 13:58:10 11 not even send it so that it wasn't actually scanning 12 content, that would be one thing. 13 well, you can send, but we're going to keep an eye 14 on it and then do something with that information, 15 you again get back into the content and the 16 expectation of privacy. 17 Q I think saying, Do you know of a way for -- yes or no: 18 Do you know of a way for a company to just block that 19 13:58:20 without scanning, in your terms, the actual URL? 20 21 22 23 24 25 A No. That's something that's outside my 13:58:38 area of knowledge. Q Do you object to, in general, scanning of messages to detect criminal conduct? A Yes. I don't think Facebook's role -- that's Facebook's role. 13:58:53 Page 175 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 Q What about scanning messages to render the 13:59:00 message in the appropriate language? 3 MR. CARNEY: Object to form. 4 You can answer. 5 THE WITNESS: That's getting a little more 6 technical than I'm completely familiar with. 7 again, if it requires actual access of the content 8 rather than just sort of an automatic translation, 9 13:59:21 then yes, I would object. 10 11 But BY MR. CHORBA: Q 13:59:37 And do you have any objection to 12 Facebook -- let's put scanning aside for a moment -- 13 processing messages to render them in the 14 appropriate language? 15 A Can you define "processing"? 16 Q Processing in a way so that it makes sure 17 that if you're sending it to someone, it will 18 13:59:47 actually display in the user's language. 19 20 21 A Isn't that basically the previous question? Q 14:00:03 I'm distinguishing your use of "scanning" 22 versus -- I'm using a more generic term, 23 "processing." 24 available to the user. 25 In other words, rendering, making it Let's put scanning -- we've asked a bunch 14:00:15 Page 176 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 of questions using your definition of "scanning," 2 which you've related to content. 3 now just general processing, delivering, you know, 4 rendering in a way that's usable to the recipient. 5 7 A 14:00:32 As long as that process was separate from the content, no, if it was an automatic process. 8 9 Let's distinguish Do you have any objection to that? 6 14:00:16 Q So it depends on whether it's an automatic process? 10 A It depends on whether the process is 11 separate from -- it depends on whether the 12 content -- strike that. 13 14:00:40 in my head. 14 Let me think this through To a certain extent, yes. It depends on 15 whether it's automatic. 16 the content rather than just an automatic function 17 of the software, I think those are two distinct 18 situations. 19 Q If it requires access to 14:00:55 What if the automatic function of the 20 software necessarily involves -- it's not a person 21 at a computer reading the content but it necessarily 22 involves processing of the content. 23 render the URL preview. 24 that? 25 A 14:01:05 For example, to Do you have an objection to As I said earlier, as long as it's an 14:01:26 Page 177 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 automatic function of the software, I see that as 2 distinct from the scanning that we're discussing. 3 Q 14:01:29 Did you at any point contact Facebook 4 before filing this lawsuit to see if you could 5 resolve the matter without litigation? 6 A No. 7 Q Why not? 8 A It never crossed my mind. 9 Q 14:01:49 Have you ever contacted Facebook to 10 discuss any of its practices? 14:01:59 11 A No. 12 Q You've never written to the help center, 13 called a phone number, anything like that? 14 A No. 15 Q Going back to the Blue Hog website and 16 Facebook page, have you ever used the Domain 17 Insights service provided by Facebook to review the 18 14:02:11 activity on the Blue Hog Facebook page? 19 20 21 22 23 A If that -- I don't know that I'm sure specifically what you're talking about. Q 14:02:36 Have you ever heard of the Domain Insights service? A Not phrased that way. I know there are 24 some analytic tools available on one of the tabs of 25 Blue Hog Report's Facebook page. 14:02:48 Page 178 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 for its own benefit." 2 14:23:28 What do you mean when you allege here 3 that, "Facebook treated the content of plaintiffs' 4 private messages as an endorsement of the website"? 5 A Facebook used the mere fact that -- for 6 example, I sent a message that had a URL. 7 generated "Likes" from that, and regardless of 8 whether either I or the recipient had any intention 9 14:23:41 They then of liking the page, did like the page, liked it but 10 chose not to -- they used that message to create the 11 impression that two additional people had liked that 12 page regardless of whether either of those people 13 had that intent. 14 Q 14:24:00 Is it your understanding that the 15 anonymous "Like" count number merely went up, or is 16 it your contention or your allegation that your name 17 was associated with the increased "Like" count on 18 the website? 19 A 14:24:15 I can't say for sure how Facebook stored 20 it -- I don't -- how Facebook treated that 21 information. 22 Q 14:24:33 Did you ever see a situation in which you 23 shared a URL through a message, the "Like" count was 24 increased, and that was somehow attributed to you, 25 you specifically? 14:24:52 Page 189 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 A Me specifically, no, I cannot say that I 14:24:53 saw that. Q Mr. Campbell, have you been harmed by the conduct that you're challenging in this action? 5 A Yes. 14:25:06 6 Q How so? 7 A My privacy was breached, and my speech was 8 corrupted in that Facebook -- Facebook created 9 "Likes" for a page irrespective of whether that was 10 11 12 13 something that I would like. Q 14:25:26 You said your speech was corrupted. What do you mean, your speech? A That's what I just explained. Just as I 14 have a right to choose to go like a page, I also 15 have the right to not like the page, even if it's 16 something that I love. 17 Facebook went ahead and created a "Like" as if I had 18 liked it based on the mere fact that I discussed it 19 with someone. 20 Q 21 22 14:25:41 And by doing it this way, When you say "in this way," you're talking 14:25:58 about the sharing of URLs through messages? A Let me reread my answer. 23 MR. CARNEY: Object to form. 24 You can answer. 25 THE WITNESS: By doing it -- yes. 14:26:12 Page 190 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q Got it. Okay. So you don't have an issue 2 with the fact that there is the ability to access, 3 14:27:22 it's the actual fact of accessing the messages? 4 A Yeah, I think that's a fair statement. 5 Q Have you suffered any monetary harm as a 6 result of the conduct you're challenging in this 7 14:27:36 case? 8 MR. CARNEY: 9 THE WITNESS: 10 Object to form. Not that I'm aware of. BY MR. CHORBA: 11 Q 14:27:47 Have you lost any money as far as you 12 understand to Facebook as a result of the conduct 13 you're challenging in this case? 14 A Not that I'm aware of. 15 Q And other than having your -- you 16 referenced earlier having your privacy breached -- 17 14:27:59 have you suffered any other type of harm? 18 MR. CARNEY: 19 THE WITNESS: 20 The corruption of speech as well. 21 Object to form. BY MR. CHORBA: 22 23 24 25 14:28:14 Q And you distinguish that from having your privacy breached? A It came about as a result of the breach of privacy, but it is a separate thing. 14:28:23 Page 192 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 explained that you've observed Facebook generating a 2 URL preview in a message. 3 14:34:31 Do you consider that -- using the phrase 4 "interception," which has, I'm sure as you know, 5 legal significance in this case given the 6 allegations and claims, do you consider that 7 rendering of a preview to be an interception? 8 9 10 11 12 A 14:34:40 No, because the message hasn't been sent at that point. Q Do you consider that rendering of a URL 14:34:51 preview to be a scanning of the message? A No. I always considered it to be just an 13 automatic function of the software that I can 14 override by clicking "Remove preview." 15 Q So when you use the phrase 16 "interception," and you're using that in the context 17 14:35:10 of the URL, what specifically do you mean? 18 A I'm referring to the accessing of the 19 content of my message at some point after it has 20 been -- after I've made the affirmative step to hit 21 "Send." 22 14:35:27 And the distinction I'm drawing is that 23 the preview and everything is happening before I hit 24 "Send." 25 a URL in, if I haven't hit "Send," I see that as a So whatever I type up there, even if I put 14:35:40 Page 198 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q And by "doing that," do you mean just 2 intercepting generally or incrementing the "Like" 3 14:37:57 count through URLs shared over private message? 4 A Both. 5 Q Have you done anything to verify whether 6 or not Facebook is continuing to engage in the 7 14:38:13 conduct that you challenge in the complaint? 8 MR. CARNEY: 9 THE WITNESS: 10 Object to form. No. I assume that -- no. BY MR. CHORBA: 11 Q 14:38:37 Mr. Campbell, do you have any information 12 or any basis of any kind that Facebook has targeted 13 an ad to you based on something that you put in a 14 message on Facebook? 15 A That Facebook itself has targeted an ad to 17 Q Yes. 18 A Online ads or -- 19 Q Any type of advertising. 20 A As I testified earlier, I don't see ads on 16 14:38:51 me? 21 pretty much any website. 22 14:39:01 that. 23 Q So, no, I haven't seen You mentioned that some websites, they 24 sometimes sneak through. In those instances -- I'm 25 trying to figure out if you have any basis for 14:39:13 Page 201 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Facebook. 2 seeing any in the last few years with the Adblock 3 software, but also I can't recall -- I cannot tell 4 you specifically that there was this ad that was 5 targeted at me. 6 7 Q 14:40:19 14:40:31 So you may have -- if I can just make sure I'm following you. 8 9 I can't recall one -- I can't recall You may have seen an ad here or there on Facebook, but you can't link it to anything that 10 would be targeting you based on content of your 11 messages? 12 A Correct. 13 Q Mr. Campbell, do you know anybody named 15 A No. 16 Q Have you ever heard that name before? 17 A No. 18 Q 14:40:40 Do you know whether or not you can send 14 19 20 21 22 23 14:40:56 Facebook messages to non-Facebook users? A I don't know. I assumed you could not, 14:41:10 but I don't know that. Q Did you ever send any Facebook messages to non-Facebook addresses? 24 A I don't know how I would have done that. 25 Q As far as you know, did anyone ever send 14:41:25 Page 203 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 181 messages, is it fair to say the majority of them 2 had a URL preview? 3 4 5 6 A I can't say for sure one way or the other on that. Q Do you remember -- how would you check MR. CARNEY: 8 THE WITNESS: 10 11 14:57:04 that, or could you check that? 7 9 14:56:51 how I would. Object to form. I don't know -- I don't know I don't know that I could. BY MR. CHORBA: Q 14:57:16 At any point in time do you remember 12 typing in a URL, a preview was generated, and then 13 clicking on the X to X out of the preview? 14 A Yes. 15 Q You've done that before? 16 A Yes. 17 Q Would you say you've done that, you know, 18 more than half the time, less than half the time? 19 A I can't say for sure. 20 Q Were there specific circumstances where 21 22 14:57:28 I don't know. 14:57:42 you would click X on the preview? A Nothing specific. I think sometimes just 23 the way the thumbnail rendered or something didn't 24 look right with the preview, so just get rid of it 25 because that was an option. 14:58:11 Page 217 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Yes. 2 Q -- little box? 3 4 14:59:27 And that would be the box to X out if you did not want the URL preview? 5 A Yes. 14:59:33 6 Q Based on your use of Facebook, would the 7 URL still transmit in the message if you clicked on 8 the X? 9 A Yes. 10 Q It just wouldn't have the URL preview like 12 A Correct. 13 Q I believe you said this. 11 14:59:40 this? You can't 14 estimate approximately how often the URL preview 15 would be generated during times you sent messages? 16 A Right. 17 Q 14:59:52 And would looking -- I think you said 18 earlier you don't know how you would even determine 19 the answer to that question. 20 Would going through Exhibit 8 or Exhibit 1 21 to Exhibit 5 in any way refresh your recollection as 22 to whether or not you X'd out of the preview? 23 A No. 24 Q 15:00:10 During the time you've used Facebook in 25 any capacity, have you used different browsers? 15:00:37 Page 219 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Yes. 15:00:43 2 Q Which ones? 3 A Primarily Google Chrome. I guess whatever 4 the -- if we want to qualify the Facebook app as a 5 browser on a Samsung phone. 15:01:03 6 Q Okay. 7 A And then I probably accidentally used 8 Safari once or twice. 9 Q Not a fan? 10 A No. 11 Q And that would be -- I think you mentioned 12 15:01:16 earlier you have a MacBook Pro? 13 A Yes. 14 Q Have you ever used Internet Explorer? 15 A No. 16 Q You have very strong views there, but I 15:01:25 17 will not probe them as Microsoft is a very good 18 client of the firm. 19 Do you happen to know, were there specific 20 periods you'd use one browser as opposed to the 21 other? 22 A 15:01:39 It's been almost exclusively Chrome for 23 the last few years for sure. Prior to that, I guess 24 I would have used Firefox at some point to assess 25 Facebook prior to switching over to Chrome. 15:01:56 Page 220 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 Q And can you pinpoint that on a -- with a 15:01:59 specific date? 3 A No. 4 Q And did your different browsers have 5 JavaScript enabled? 15:02:10 6 A For the most part, yeah. 7 Q But it's possible that one or more 8 browsers or at one or more points in time it may not 9 have been installed? 10 A The JavaScript, yes, especially using the 11 Chrome browser on my cell phone. 12 15:02:29 There was a period where Java didn't load at all on Chrome. 13 Q But that would be just on your smartphone? 14 A In that example, yes. 15 Q Can you think of other examples where 16 you're pretty certain you would not have had 17 15:02:49 JavaScript enabled? 18 A At one point I used a Chrome extension 19 that required you to affirmatively enable JavaScript 20 for each specific page so there could have been 21 periods in there where I just didn't have it enabled 22 for Facebook. 23 Q 24 25 15:03:00 So there were certain sites where you wouldn't have it enabled, JavaScript, that is? A Right. Once you've installed the 15:03:16 Page 221 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 extension, then you had to affirmatively re-enable 2 it for each site as you went there. 3 4 Q Have you ever affirmatively disabled it for any particular sites, yes or no? 5 6 15:03:17 A Other than that example with the 15:03:29 extension, no. 7 Q Do you know how many of the URLs reflected 8 in either of the exhibits we're looking at, again, 9 Exhibit 1 to Exhibit 5 or Exhibit 8, do you know if 10 any of those URLs contained a Facebook "Like" button 11 social plug-in? 12 A 15:03:44 I can't say for certain one way or the 13 other. 14 URL, any of them that were sent after the "Like" 15 button was installed there would have had one. 16 The ones that included a Blue Hog Report Q I'm sorry, Mr. Campbell. Remind me. 17 know you testified earlier. 18 15:04:03 I when that "Like" button was installed. 19 A I just don't remember Sometime in 2013 or possibly early 2014. 20 I want to say it was 2013 but I can't pinpoint it 21 more than that. 22 Q 15:04:23 And did adding it to that website have 23 anything to do with this particular lawsuit or is it 24 just coincidental timing? 25 A To the extent there's overlap, it would be 15:04:34 Page 222 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 coincidental. 2 Q 15:04:36 Got it. 3 And for any of the other sites other than 4 Blue Hog, with which you're obviously familiar, and 5 perhaps the Pinnacle Law Firm website, by going 6 through this list, will we be able to tell whether 7 at the time the message was sent there was a 8 Facebook "Like" button on that website? 9 10 11 12 A 15:04:44 Not to a degree of certainty more than just sort of best guess. Q 15:05:02 So some of the websites may have had the "Like" button while others may not; is that right? 13 A Yes. 14 Q And do you know whether your -- any time 15 you shared a URL in a Facebook message, whether that 16 share incremented the "Like" count on a website? 17 We'll assume it had the "Like" social plug-in. 18 me pause there. 19 15:05:21 Let We'll come back to this. You understand that if the website to 20 which the URL directed didn't have a "Like" counter, 21 that the transmission of that URL through a message 22 didn't increment a "Like" count because the "Like" 23 count didn't exist. 24 A That seems reasonable. 25 Q You don't have any basis for contending 15:05:38 15:05:53 Page 223 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 otherwise? 15:05:55 2 A No. 3 Q And do you know whether your sharing of 4 any particular URL in a Facebook message incremented 5 the "Like" count on any particular web page? 6 A 15:06:03 No, because that's not something I was 7 looking for at the time. 8 practice. 9 Q I was unaware of the But sitting here today and going back and 10 looking at either the chart or Exhibit 8, are you 11 able to tell whether or not any URL shared through a 12 private message to or from you incremented the 13 "Like" count for that particular page? 14 A Going through these lists, no. 15 Q Do you have any other way of determining A No. 15:06:15 16 that? 17 18 15:06:32 I don't know that it would be possible to go back and find out. 19 Q So let's look again at the production 20 marked Exhibit 8. 21 there. 22 23 I think it's under your left arm 15:06:50 And again, you can keep the chart, if you would, because I think we may refer back. 24 Let's first look at -- since you have that 25 in front of you, I'll tell you it's line 27 of that, 15:07:04 Page 224 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 top of page 3. 2 for you, Mr. Campbell. 3 And then I'll try to match this up 15:07:07 If you go to the page marked 4 CAMPBELL000005, there's a message. 5 the top there, second one, from 6 you and 7 It's kind of at to 15:07:27 Who is 8 A A friend. 9 Q How long have you known him? 10 A Four or five years. 11 Q And just a friend socially, not a work 12 15:07:50 colleague or client or anything like that? 13 A Correct. 14 Q And we talked about 15 earlier. And he's the person who works at 16 University of Arkansas Law School? 17 A Arkansas, Little Rock. 18 Q Little Rock. 19 15:08:04 Yes. Thank you. And he works as a law librarian? 20 A Yes. 21 Q Do you know -- this was a message again 22 23 24 25 from 15:08:17 to you. Do you know what understanding had about whether or not this message that he sent was scanned or intercepted by Facebook? 15:08:31 Page 225 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A I can't speak to his understanding. 2 Q And there are four different URLs there, 3 if you look at the next column or if you look at the 4 document. 5 the URLs are retained. 15:08:37 6 7 Again, it's heavily redacted, but I think 15:08:48 Do you know if any of these URLs had any URL previews in this particular message? 8 A I have no idea. 9 Q And if you had a copy of this message 10 dated May 27th, 2011, in your Facebook messages 11 folder, would you be able to bring it up and see 12 whether there were URL previews? 13 14 15 16 A Possibly. 15:09:08 That's not something I've ever looked to see if I could see after the fact. Q And as far as you know, do you still have 15:09:22 a copy of this message? 17 A I assume so. 18 Q Do you know what kind of browser 19 20 was using, if any, when he sent this message to you and ? 21 A No idea. 22 Q 15:09:34 Do you remember what the subject matter of 23 24 25 this discussion was generally? A Yes. Generally it was related to the attempt by the Arkansas Republican Party to get me 15:09:45 Page 226 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A I have no idea if he did or not. 15:13:04 2 Q Looking at the message, again, line 156, 3 that sent to you, do you know what 4 understanding 5 his message was being scanned or intercepted by 6 Facebook? had about whether or not 7 A I can't speak to his understanding. 8 Q 15:13:17 I'm going to go back a little bit to 9 page 4 of the document production, and it's line 21 10 of the chart. 11 to first. 12 13 MR. CARNEY: daydreaming. 14 15 18 19 22 I was Line 21 of the chart, page 4 of the document production. MR. CARNEY: Gotcha. 15:13:50 Thank you. BY MR. CHORBA: Q This is a message, July 17, at 7:18 p.m. It's a message, Mr. Campbell, from you to 20 21 Chris, I'm sorry. 15:13:33 Where are we headed? MR. CHORBA: 16 17 Whichever is easier for you to flip Who is A 15:14:06 He's a friend and former reporter for a small-town newspaper. 23 Q Which newspaper? 24 A Fort Smith, The City Wire. 25 It's an online-only publication. 15:14:23 Page 230 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 4 A I'm a friend of his on Facebook. I don't 15:15:32 know if that's what allowed me to send it or not. Q Did ever send you messages on Facebook? 5 A I believe he did from time to time. 6 Q Do you know what understanding 7 had about whether or not any of the messages shared 8 on Facebook were being scanned or intercepted by 9 15:15:43 Facebook? 10 A I don't know what his understanding was. 11 Q Let's go to page 7 of the production there 12 in front of you, and it's line 45. 13 15:15:53 message, sir, from you to I believe 14 This is a And it's a post to the Blue Hog 15 Report. 16 A Yes. 17 Q And this was less than a year ago, 18 15:16:16 August 2014. 19 20 knew about your lawsuit at that time; is that fair to say? 21 A Yes. 22 Q 15:16:29 And did she understand Facebook practices 23 at the time you shared this message with her? 24 MR. CARNEY: 25 THE WITNESS: Object to form. I can't speak to what her 15:16:48 Page 232 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Yes. 2 Q Have you ever spoken with Dr. Kaku? 3 A No. 4 Q But you know who he is? 5 A From television. 6 Q From what -- like what context? 7 A Does he He had a show on Discovery or one of those channels not too long ago. 10 11 15:25:07 have a TV show? 8 9 15:24:57 Q Got it. He's not based in Arkansas or anything, is he? 12 A 13 No. MR. CHORBA: 14 good spot. 15 Okay. I think we're at a break. THE VIDEO OPERATOR: Going off the record, the time is 3:25. 18 19 Why don't we take a quick five-minute 15:25:26 16 17 15:25:20 (Exhibit 17 and Exhibit 18 were marked for identification and are attached hereto.) 20 (Recess, 3:25 p.m. - 3:37 p.m.) 21 THE VIDEO OPERATOR: 22 The time is 3:37. 23 15:25:31 Back on the record. BY MR. CHORBA: 24 25 Q Please continue. Welcome back, Mr. Campbell. You have the chart in front of you still 15:37:08 Page 240 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 that's Exhibit 1 of Exhibit 5. 2 page 102, and specifically line 54 (sic). 3 A Q Page 102, line 754. 15:37:09 Line 754? 4 If you could turn to That's a message 5 dated February 4th, 2011, and it has a website 6 Smiley & West. 7 15:37:35 Do you recognize that site? 8 A No. 9 Q I'm going to hand you a document we've 10 marked -- the reporter has premarked as Exhibit 17. 11 15:37:48 I'll represent to you that we went to 12 smileyandwest.com. 13 Google URLs noted, and those are the three web 14 pages. 15 And the two short abbreviated Have you ever seen those web pages before? 16 A No. 17 Q Do you know who Smiley and West are? 18 A Yes. 19 Q Who are they? 20 A Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. 21 Q Do they have a radio program? 22 A 15:38:06 I don't believe they do anymore, but they 23 15:38:20 did at one point. 24 Q Have you ever listened to it? 25 A A few times. 15:38:32 Page 241 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q If you look at the first page there in 2 Exhibit 17, I'll represent to you there's, as far as 3 we can tell, no Facebook "Like" button, at least 4 currently. 15:38:35 5 We printed these out recently. Then if you turn to the second page, and 6 this is the second link, that shortened Google link 7 referenced in line 754, you'll see there's a "Share" 8 button beneath the "Subscribe to podcast" statement 9 15:38:52 there with a little Facebook icon. 10 And then if you look at the last page, 11 which appears to be a printout from Google Maps, 12 Smiley and West station, there's a Facebook "Like" 13 button there, or Facebook icon. 14 15:39:17 Excuse me. Do you recognize any of these sites? 15 A No. 15:39:33 16 Q Do you remember receiving this message? 17 A No. 18 Q Do you know who 19 A No. 20 Q Is it possible you received this message is? 21 at the time and knew what it was about and have just 22 15:39:52 forgotten in the last four years? 23 A I suppose that's possible. 24 Q And the number that's reflected there, 25 1158728615, is that number in any way associated 15:40:19 Page 242 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 practices? Q 15:50:18 Let's focus on the practices that are challenged in this case. 4 A No. 5 Q But you may have discussed other practices 6 7 15:50:24 with him? A I wasn't -- I was trying to clarify 8 whether by "practices" you meant what size pictures 9 needed to be or how the posting of -- how that 10 worked. 11 Q 12 15:50:34 Other than that, were there any other practices you discussed with him? 13 A No. 14 Q Does 15 A I can't say for sure. 16 17 18 know about this lawsuit? I haven't told him 15:50:44 about the lawsuit. Q Have you had any discussions with him about the lawsuit? 19 A No. 20 Q And have you ever accessed any other 21 15:51:14 developer guidance on Facebook's website? 22 A Not that I know of. 23 Q Who is 24 A A reporter for the Arkansas Democrat 25 Gazette. 15:51:40 Page 250 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q Have you sent Facebook messages to 3 A Yes. 4 Q Has he sent messages to you? 5 A I believe so. 6 Q Do you know where 7 A In the Little Rock area. 8 Q Do you know his specific address? 9 A No. 10 Q Do you know how we would reach him? 11 A Other than Facebook or email, no. 12 Q Do you know if he's aware of the lawsuit, 13 15:51:45 this lawsuit? 2 14 MR. CARNEY: 15 15:51:50 THE WITNESS: 16 or not. 17 lives? 15:51:58 Object to form. I don't know if he's aware 15:52:13 BY MR. CHORBA: 18 19 Q I haven't spoken about it with him. Did you ever send any messages containing URLs? 20 A I believe so. 21 Q Did he ever send you messages containing 23 A I can't recall off the top of my head. 24 Q Do you know if 22 25 15:52:24 URLs? ever consented to the interception or scanning of messages on 15:52:37 Page 251 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Facebook? 15:52:41 2 MR. CARNEY: 3 THE WITNESS: 4 I can't speak to whether he consented or not. 5 Object to form. BY MR. CHORBA: 6 Q 15:52:49 Do you know if ever visited the 7 Facebook developer page that explained that URL 8 attachments to messages were included in the 9 external website "Like" count? 10 MR. CARNEY: 11 Object to form. THE WITNESS: 15:53:06 I'm not familiar enough with 12 his web-using habits to know. 13 BY MR. CHORBA: 14 Q Do you know if ever saw articles 15 or press coverage regarding the fact that Facebook 16 was, in your words, scanning messages? 17 A 18 either. 19 Q 15:53:15 I can't speak to his reading habits, Do you know whether or not, if 20 did send a message containing a URL preview, or URL, 21 whether he saw a URL preview before sending the 22 message? 23 A I don't know. 24 Q Who is 25 A A friend of mine. 15:53:30 15:53:44 Page 252 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 A That's 15:54:49 why I said I might have mentioned it in passing. 3 4 I don't recall anything specific. Q And why would you have mentioned it if you A Just when we were talking about current did? 5 6 caseloads, litigation, it might have come up that 7 15:54:55 way. 8 9 Q Did ever send you any messages? 10 A I believe so. 11 Q Did he send you messages that contained 13 A I think so. 14 Q And did you send messages to 12 15:55:12 URLs? 15 15:55:18 16 A Yes. 17 Q Including messages with URLs? 18 A Most likely. 19 Q Do you know if consented to 20 the scanning or interceptions that you're alleging 21 in this case? 22 A 23 24 25 I don't know. 15:55:30 I don't know how anyone could have consented to an unknown practice. Q But I'm asking you, do you know affirmatively whether or not he consented to it? 15:55:43 Page 254 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A No. 15:55:45 2 Q Do you know if had viewed 3 any Facebook developer pages, Facebook disclosures, 4 or press coverage regarding the practices challenged 5 in this case? 15:55:59 6 MR. CARNEY: 7 THE WITNESS: 8 9 Object to form. I don't know. BY MR. CHORBA: Q Do you know if ever saw a 10 URL preview before he sent a Facebook message 11 containing a URL? 12 A I don't know. 13 Q Do you know 14 A No. 15 Q How about 16 A No. 17 Q 18 A No. 19 Q We talked about 20 know if 21 15:56:06 containing URLs, correct? 15:56:30 earlier. -- and you sent Do you messages 22 A I believe so, yes. 23 Q And he sent you messages containing URLs? 24 A Yes. 25 Q We looked at one a moment ago that had the 15:56:45 15:56:54 Page 255 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Facebook developer guidance. 2 A Right. 3 Q Do you know whether 15:56:55 consented to 4 the scanning or interceptions that are at issue in 5 this case? 6 7 A 15:57:03 I don't know. I don't know that he was aware of it. 8 Q You don't know one way or the other? 9 A Correct. 10 Q And do you know whether he ever visited 11 any Facebook pages or articles or any other sources 12 15:57:13 that disclose the practices at issue in this case? 13 A I don't know. 14 Q Do you know whether 15 ever saw the URL preview before sending a message with that URL? 16 A 17 Q 15:57:28 I don't know. you've sent messages to 18 him with URLs and he's sent messages to you with 19 URLs; is that right? 20 A Yes. 15:57:55 21 Q Do you know if he consented to the 22 scanning or interceptions that you're challenging in 23 this case? 24 25 A I don't know because I don't know if he was aware of it. 15:58:05 Page 256 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 Q You don't know one way or the other 15:58:06 whether he was aware of it? 3 A No. 4 Q He could have been, you just don't know? 5 A It's possible. 6 Q You don't know one way or the other, 7 though? 8 A 9 10 15:58:12 You said it's possible, but you don't know? No. MR. CARNEY: Object to form. BY MR. CHORBA: 11 Q 15:58:22 Do you know if ever visited 12 any websites, saw any news articles that disclosed 13 the practices challenged in this case? 14 A I can't say for sure. I'd be shocked if 15 he did. 16 Q Why do you say that? 17 A Because he's something of a Luddite and I 15:58:35 18 can't imagine that he would ever willingly read a 19 Facebook privacy policy. 20 21 Q 24 25 15:58:45 sure whether he's read any of this? 22 23 Are you speculating or do you know for A Speculating based on what I know about Q Informed speculation? him. And do you know whether 15:58:53 Page 257 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 December 16, and December 22nd that follow this 2 October 30 exchange, are you able to describe the 3 general subject matter of those communications? 4 5 A 7 They were all related in one way or another to this lawsuit. 6 Q 16:10:43 16:10:59 And have you reviewed these messages since providing them to your counsel? 8 A Not subsequent to providing them, no. 9 Q And do you know whether or not there's any 10 non-privileged information reflected in these 11 messages? 12 A I have no reason to believe there is. 13 Q 16:11:11 What are the newspapers that you read 14 regularly, Mr. Campbell? 15 A The Arkansas Democrat Gazette. 16 16:11:30 beyond that I'll need to ask you to define 17 I suppose "regularly." 18 Q That you read more than once a year. 19 A The Southwest Times Record, the Arkansas 20 Times, New York Times. 21 Q That's probably it. 16:11:53 And focusing on those four publications, 22 are there any that you read on a daily and/or weekly 23 basis? 24 25 A The Democrat Gazette and the -- it's daily or near daily, and the Arkansas Times is a weekly 16:12:16 Page 267 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 2 3 publication. Q 16:12:22 And do you read these in paper form, online, or both? 4 A Both. 5 Q Do you subscribe to any publications? 6 A I subscribe to the Democrat Gazette. 7 Q Any others? 8 A No. 9 Q How about magazines? 10 A Currently, yes. 11 Q Which ones? 12 A Sports Illustrated and Time, I guess. 13 16:12:30 Not newspapers, no. 16:12:43 My wife has a subscription. 14 Q But do you read Time? 15 A Occasionally. 16 Q Have you ever read the Washington Post 17 16:12:58 online or in paper form? 18 A Ever? Yes. 19 Q How about The Los Angeles Times? 20 A Again, yes, ever. 21 Q Wall Street Journal? 22 A Yes. 23 Q Business Insider? 24 A No. 25 Q Chicago Tribune? 16:13:15 16:13:26 Page 268 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A Yes. 2 Q The San Francisco Chronicle? 3 A Yes. 4 Q The Philadelphia Inquirer? 5 A No. 6 Q New York Post? 7 A No. 8 Q New York Daily News? 9 A I don't believe so. 10 Q Financial Times? 11 A I visited their website. 12 Q Have you ever read any content on the 13 16:13:29 16:13:43 16:13:53 website? 14 A Possibly. 15 Q How about a website forbes.com? 16 A I have visited the website before, yes. 17 Q Have you ever read any of the content on 18 16:14:05 forbes.com? 19 A Probably. 20 Q How about foxnews.com? 21 A I assume I've wound up there by accident 22 23 24 25 16:14:18 at some point. Q Have you ever knowingly read any content on foxnews.com? A Not that I can recall. 16:14:36 Page 269 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 Q 2 Fair enough. 16:14:37 How about CNN? 3 A Yes. 4 Q We're moving into perhaps more hospitable 5 territory. 6 16:14:42 Huffington Post? 7 A Yes. 8 Q How about Huffington Post tech page? 9 Do you ever read that? 10 A No. 11 Q Seen it? 12 A Yeah, I believe so. 13 Q Vice.com? 14 A Only the one time they had a story about 15 something Blue Hog Report did. 16 17 16:14:49 Q 16:15:00 How about any of Wall Street Journal's online blogs or publications? 18 A No. 19 Q How about the website Mashable? 20 A I've heard of it. 21 ever read it. 22 Q Politico? 23 A Yes. 24 Q Wired Magazine, either online or in paper 25 I don't know that I've form? 16:15:15 16:15:22 Page 270 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 A 2 I've read it. 3 Q Tech Radar? 4 A No. 5 Q The Daily Beast? 6 A I've probably read something there before. 7 Q MSNBC.com? 8 A Yes. 9 Q The Onion? 10 A Yes. 11 Q Gizmodo? 12 A Yes. 13 Q PC Magazine? 14 A No. 15 Q The Next Web? 16 A No. 17 Q Did you review any materials from Facebook 18 19 20 21 22 Again, heard of it. I don't know that 16:15:23 16:15:28 16:15:39 16:15:46 before deciding to register for a Facebook account? A Only whatever information is part of the sign-up process in 2009. Q 16:16:21 Do you recall anything about any of the materials you read at the time? 23 A No. 24 Q But you would have read them? 25 A No, I would have glossed over them and 16:16:36 Page 271 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127 1 I, the undersigned, a Certified Shorthand 2 Reporter of the State of California, do hereby 3 certify: 4 That the foregoing proceedings were taken 5 before me at the time and place herein set forth; 6 that any witnesses in the foregoing proceedings, 7 prior to testifying, were administered an oath; that 8 a record of the proceedings was made by me using 9 machine shorthand which was thereafter transcribed 10 under my direction; that the foregoing transcript is 11 a true record of the testimony given. 12 Further, that if the foregoing pertains to 13 the original transcript of a deposition in a Federal 14 Case, before completion of the proceedings, review 15 of the transcript [X] was [ ] was not requested. 16 I further certify I am neither financially 17 interested in the action nor a relative or employee 18 of any attorney or any party to this action. 19 20 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have this date subscribed my name. 21 22 Dated: 05/29/2015 23 24 <%signature%> 25 CARLA SOARES CSR No. 5908 Page 294 Veritext Legal Solutions 866 299-5127

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