Qualitative survey responses on de-platforming’s direct emotional and financial impact on Instagram and TikTok content creator

This study and underlying data provides one of the first examples of de-platforming’s direct emotional and financial impact on Instagram and TikTok content creators at the margins. Both platforms provide significant opportunities toward creative and flexible work, allowing creators to maintain networks, promote work, express themselves and earn a living. However, their governance can severely disrupt certain forms of content creation, particularly for users who post online sex work and nude content. Through a qualitative survey, we gathered the experiences of 123 de-platformed Instagram and TikTok users who posted nude or sex work-related content.

The data are not publicly available due to the privacy of research participants. To request access please contact carolina.are@northumbria.ac.uk