[Air-L] Near holiday updates

[Dr. Emma Briant]

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