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Adele Zeynep Walton

@adelewalton

Author, online safety campaigner, journalist, hater of tech bros. https://www.adelesnotes.co.uk/

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Social media giants must be held accountable for youth mental health harms, analyst warns YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

It was great to speak to @aljazeera.com about #Zuckerberg testifying in front of a jury last week, in a watershed moment for holding big tech to account.

www.youtube.com/watch?si=HyU...

25.02.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MollyVsTheMachines tells the story of 14 year old Molly Russell and her dad's fight to take on Big Tech, after she died as a result of online harms.

I'm honoured to be introducing the film this Sunday at Rio Cinema and Picturehouse Finsbury Park. Tickets here: mollyvsthemachines.com/cinema-tickets

25.02.2026 11:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Right now billionaires are heading to Davos conference with Trump to talk about solutions to problems THEY created.

8 men own 50% of all wealth, yet they point the finger at immigrants and trans people.

Billionaires: YOU’RE the problem. Just SHUT UP AND PAY YOUR TAX

19.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 600 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 36
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Logging Off Club has a website so you can easily start your own or find your local club πŸ“ 🌎 Go and check it out, and join the club! www.loggingoffclub.com

06.02.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reclaiming Our Social Lives: A Call For Solidarity Vs Big Tech. Reclaiming Our Social Lives: A Call For Solidarity Vs Big Tech.

Really looking forward to speaking alongside @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social and @couldrynick.bsky.social at this event! 17 March, London πŸ“
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reclaiming...

06.02.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I confronted a tech boss about my sister’s suicide. I don’t know why I bothered Aimee died at 21 after going on a notorious self-harm forum. But when I approached a tech CEO to talk about online safety at a Davos debate, I was threatened with removal, writes Adele Walton

Read in full and subscribe to the Nerve’s twice-weekly newsletter:

www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...

04.02.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Picture of Adele Walton with the text: β€œI confronted a tech boss about my sister’s suicide. I don’t know why I bothered”

Picture of Adele Walton with the text: β€œI confronted a tech boss about my sister’s suicide. I don’t know why I bothered”

Adele Walton’s sister Aimee died at 21 after going on a notorious self-harm forum. But when Adele approached a tech CEO to talk about online safety at a Davos debate, she was threatened with removal

@adelewalton.bsky.social for the Nerve on why it matters when tech companies do not show humanityπŸ‘‡πŸ”—

04.02.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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πŸ” Prevent Online Suicide Harms πŸ” Journalist and author Adele Walton has renewed calls for a public inquiry into a pro-suicide website responsible for 133 UK victims lives.

Take action πŸ‘‡ 🧡

@adelewalton.bsky.social hasΒ renewed callsΒ for a public inquiry into a pro-suicide website responsible for 133 UK victims lives.

11.01.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe Gen Z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back

@crtl-alt-reclaimfr.bsky.social started out as a small bootcamp in Summer'24 - bringing together young people from around Europe who wanted to do something about the harm that social media was doing to young lives. Now it’s a pan-European movement, see Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...

10.12.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

06.09.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 2495 πŸ” 982 πŸ’¬ 385 πŸ“Œ 949
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Redefining Free Speech The UK Online Safety Act aims to protect people online. Could the legislation reinstate the principles of free speech and preserve democratic debate?

For those on the Right, free speech means the freedom to spread misinformation, fear, and hatred without being held to account. Read @adelewalton.bsky.social on the UK Online Safety Act.

24.09.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I wrote about my thoughts on Instagram’s repost feature. It’s a smart and sinister move to keep us hooked at a time when posting on social media platforms feels too icky. loggingoffclub.substack.com/p/new-instag...

21.08.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't miss some fabulous poetry and non-fiction events covering a wealth of topics this year from 25-28 September: #BrianBilston @picadorbooks.bsky.social and
@adelewalton.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social and
@jsthrillers.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social Tickets: bit.ly/3V3goBC #MLF2025

13.08.2025 13:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my latest for @theobserveruk.bsky.social

24.07.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spoke at the Lush 30th anniversary this week about my book and why I became an online safety campaigner πŸ’œ

20.07.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My idol turned mentor interviewed me for my debut book last night πŸ₯Ή @graceblakeley.substack.com

10.07.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

10.07.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
:events – bookhaus:

Very excite for this event in Bristol on Weds with the brilliant @adelewalton.bsky.social - tickets still available: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e127...

07.07.2025 09:05 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.Β 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

07.07.2025 01:00 πŸ‘ 19786 πŸ” 6042 πŸ’¬ 463 πŸ“Œ 212
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Hands up - who misses the old internet? Guest newsletter by Michaela Makusha

I'm this month's guest writer in The Logging Club newsletter, discussing the yearning I have for the children to be able to log into child-centric spaces online. So much fun working with @adelewalton.bsky.social - whose book you should read if you have not!!

open.substack.com/pub/loggingo...

04.07.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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YouTube says it banned Andrew Tate. So why is his face still all over their platform?

Hear from activist and book author @adelewalton.bsky.social who explains our findings.

Watch. Share. Call on YouTube to stop enabling & profiting from Andrew Tate’s extreme misogyny.

30.06.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can't wait to be in Bristol next week discussing all things Big Tech, the broligarchy and logging off with @graceblakeley.substack.com. Get your tickets here: www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e127...

30.06.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is AI a con? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist AI slop means faster and cheaper content, and the technical and financial logic of online platforms creates a race to the bottom.

In many ways, Bender and Hanna successfully demonstrate that AI is a con. It fails at productivity and intelligence, while the hype launders a series of transformations that harm workers, exacerbate inequality and damage the environment.

Nice write-up of The AI Con by Luke Munn @theconversation.com

24.06.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 123 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 5
uncapped with Jack Altman
Sam Altman from OpenAI
Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.

uncapped with Jack Altman Sam Altman from OpenAI Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.

Interviewing My Brother On My Podcast To Talk About How Smart He Is

17.06.2025 21:21 πŸ‘ 720 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 4
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Logging Off in Manchester! πŸ’œ

17.06.2025 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this! don't call me a "denialist", "pessimist" or anything negative if I have all the empirical evidence and receipts while the other side shows up with "potentials", "possibilities" & other buzzword. call me an expert, a scientist or a realist

17.06.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 217 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Such a great evening listening to @adelewalton.bsky.social and @sazloureads.bsky.social discuss Adele's insightful, shocking yet hopeful book Logging Off. We've got signed copies for everyone who couldn't make the event!

17.06.2025 21:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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CALL TO ACTION: email your internet provider to urge them to block access to the toxic forum responsible for at least 97 UK deaths including my sister.

Template letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

14.06.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Logging Off listed as one of @glamour.com β€˜s top June reads! πŸ’œ blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

10.06.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In @telegraphnews.bsky.social today speaking about the systemic failure to keep young people safe online. I wrote Logging Off in the hopes that no one else experience the pain that my family have, but until tech companies are hold to account, there will continue to be victims of online harm.

10.06.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0