by Dr Vu Tran-Thanh For many scholars, including myself, social media platforms like Facebook have become essential tools to “bring research out of the ivory tower”. They enable us to reach the general public and foster a spirit of research for the common good. However, I recently learned a difficult lesson: this approach can be easily undermined, with a platform’s own community standards weaponised against the very academic debate it claims to protect. This article is my personal account. I am an education researcher nearing the end of my doctoral studies at Durham University in the United Kingdom. As a transnational academic, I maintain strong connections with my home country,…