So here, I share some findings, some policy ideas, and some of my experience of trying to connect with Meta, both individually and thanks to roundtables organised by Samantha Niblett MP.

As we speak, I keep getting requests for help by de-platformed users who have no one to turn to on the back of an appeals system they define as 'dysfunctional'.

On top of this, it's still very hard for users to complain about the ineffectiveness of appeals to regulators and governments, exacerbating the impenetrable nature of Big Tech.

Thank you Özlem and Anna for asking me to join such an honour to be part of such a stellar set of contributors, and for putting such a crucial resource into the world :)

I really hope this book - an accessible teaching resource and guide for anyone starting out with social media research - will help those in the same position feel more supported.

...I certainly remember the number of paper rejections and hoops I had to jump through when publishing my initial autoethnographic paper on shadowbanning!

I remember wishing I had more guidance on digital research methods as a PhD student working on a digital criminology thesis within a more 'offline' criminology department...