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Adele Zeynep Walton

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Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World 📘 Online Safety Campaigner and Journalist Co-founder of Logging Off Club get my book! https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/adele-zeynep-walton/logging-off/9781398722958/

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Nov 14

📕 I’VE WRITTEN A BOOK 📕 Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World publishes with Trapeze in June 2025 and is now available to pre-order! www.waterstones.com/book/logging...

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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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?

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

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Marlborough LitFest @marlboroughlitfest.bsky.social · Aug 13

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

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jul 24

my latest for @theobserveruk.bsky.social

The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · Jul 24

The issue with social media blocking apps? They’re now just as addictive.

The tech originally designed to sever dependency on social media has evolved to be the problem.

Listen now:

The issue with social media blocking apps? They’re now ju...

The tech originally designed to sever dependency on social media has evolved to be the problem

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jul 20

Spoke at the Lush 30th anniversary this week about my book and why I became an online safety campaigner 💜

Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jul 10

My idol turned mentor interviewed me for my debut book last night 🥹 @graceblakeley.substack.com

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you so much!

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · Jul 7

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

:events – bookhaus:

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

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"?

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Michaela Makusha @michaelamakusha.bsky.social · Jul 4

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...

Hands up - who misses the old internet?

Guest newsletter by Michaela Makusha

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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · Jun 30

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.

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 30

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...

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · Jun 24

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

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.

theconversation.com

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Jun 17

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

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

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 17

Logging Off in Manchester! 💜

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

Navneet Alang @navneetalang.com · Jun 17

Hm. Don't think I'm on board with calling AI skeptics/critics "denialists." Seems to obscure the fact that there is an ideological contestation at play, rather than, as with climate change, an empirical or even epistemological one.

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Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · Jun 17

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!

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 14

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...

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 10

Logging Off listed as one of @glamour.com ‘s top June reads! 💜 blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 10

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.

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 10

Spoke on BBC Radio 4 for Start The Week with @dannydorling.bsky.social🎙️on why fighting against big tech means tackling addictive design at the root, and the need to hold MPs to account for regulating social media companies. Listen back here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 10

thank you!

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John ‘the importance of ideas & information’ @wjpme.bsky.social · Jun 9

Another excellent Start the Week - Hidden spaces and dangerous places - chaired by the indefatigable @tds153.bsky.social featuring @adelewalton.bsky.social @atossaaraxia.bsky.social
@dannydorling.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #StartTheWeek #Crises #OnlineSafety #Freeports

Start the Week - Hidden spaces and dangerous places - BBC Sounds

Tom Sutcliffe talks to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Danny Dorling and Adele Zeynep Walton.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 7

Meeting Tony back in 2022 when he shared an ad for help with his smartphone changed my view of the digital world. His was one of the many human stories that inspired me to write Logging Off. Spoke to The Telegraph about our intergenerational friendship!

Adele Zeynep Walton @adelewalton.bsky.social · Jun 6

A dream launch for Logging Off last night at @scarlettletters.co.uk 🥹♥️

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