Dear Friends, I hope the holiday season finds you all well and looking forward to some peace and shared time with those you care about. It's nearly the end of the year and it's been a struggle to keep going after losing my mother very recently. Despite this, I have a few exciting items of news I hope you won’t mind me sharing. The first is my involvement in the documentary SHADOW WORLD <https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/schattenwelten-der-kampf-um-die-wahrheit-100.html>by Dirk Laabs, of the major German broadcaster ZDF, who interviewed me extensively. Examining the dark world of influence, the film is out first in German <https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/zdfinfo-doku/schattenwelten-der-kampf-um-die-wahrheit-100.html> but will be released soon with worldwide distribution in English so watch out for that. I was also interviewed extensively for an important investigation in the Financial Times <https://www.ft.com/content/1f409239-9e4a-4988-b6fa-cad4dbe7c344>, questions I've repeatedly raised about how co-opted some research centers have become by Big Tech's influence. The article also raises issues of Facebook closing down access to data for research. A key issue often missed is access to information about *decision-making *and I emphasized that the danger here is huge… our security and democratic integrity, our mental and physical health cannot pivot on the ability for people to make huge ethical sacrifices, like Frances Haugen. It’s not just about *data for academics *- 'vetted' academics - I've been arguing the public need #FOIA <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=foia&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6873768001485770752> style access to the firm’s decision-making & internal research documents. The UK Parliament Joint Committee also has published "No longer the land of the lawless" a landmark report <https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/534/draft-online-safety-bill-joint-committee/news/159784/no-longer-the-land-of-the-lawless-joint-committee-reports/> laying out plans to make law there to tame the #BigTech giants. This is a result of the consultation on the draft Online Safety Bill, which rests on evidence including my statement <https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/39329/html/> which was published this week and listed as contributing to the report. Finally, I'm delighted to share with you that from next Tuesday 21st December (3pm ET/7pm GMT) you can share a regular cuppa every Tuesday with me and my occasional guests for my new YouTube show #AfternoonTeaandTruthBiscuits <https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1471817116663828481?s=20> - a tonic for all the propaganda that peeves us! Subscribe and share here. <https://twitter.com/EmmaLBriant/status/1471817116663828481?s=20> Looking forward to seeing you there and do enjoy the festive season. Happy Holidays to all, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant