Adele Zeynep Walton is a journalist, online safety campaigner and the author of Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World. She is also co-founder of Logging Off Club.

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Adele Zeynep Walton is an award-winning British-Turkish journalist reporting on the human impacts of digital technology, social media and AI and the author of Logging Off: The Human Cost of Our Digital World. She is also the co-founder of Logging Off Club, a global movement promoting connection, curiosity and wellness through their phone-free events.

Having channelled a personal loss into campaigning for a safe digital future, Adele is an online safety campaigner with Families and Survivors to Prevent Online Suicide Harm. She is also a member of the Online Safety Act Network , a Founding Member of EU youth movement Ctrl + Alt + Reclaim. She regularly works with parliamentarians and policy-makers, bereaved families and parents to campaign for tech accountability and suicide prevention.

Known for her bold interventions, such as protesting outside Meta HQ and confronting a tech billionaire at Davos, Adele is a frontline activist at the defining issue of our times. An extremely credible voice, she's been interviewed by Radio 4, The Times, BBC News, Channel 4, 5Live, CBC, Al Jazeera, LBC, Sky News, The Guardian and is regularly invited to speak at events including The NY Times Debate on AI in Davos, Lush's Safer Socials Summit and the Women of The Future Summit.

  • Logging Off is a vital wake-up call and an urgent call to action for reclaiming our digital lives is now.

    - Daisy Greenwell, Director, SMARTPHONE FREE CHILDHOOD

  • A harrowing but important read from a member of the rising generation of young people who've experienced first hand the dangers of out of control tech companies and killer algorithms.

    Carole Cadwalladr, THE GUARDIAN

  • Logging Off is a life-saving book. It's an essential deep-dive into the digital world that everyone needs to read. An important, fascinating, heart-filled page-turner of a debut.

    - Mikaela Loach, author of IT'S NOT THAT RADICAL

  • Logging Off offers a thought-provoking digital stocktake, a must read for concerned parents and for all who want to more safely navigate the technological perils we all face today.

    - Ian Russell MBE, Chair of MOLLY ROSE FOUNDATION

  • Logging Off is a deeply moving and powerfully argued expose of the technologies that have come to dominate our lives. You won't look at your screens in the same way after reading this book.

    - Grace Blakeley, author of VULTURE CAPITALISM

  • Adele does an extraordinary job of helping understand the preventable harm that young people are experiencing. If you are a parent, lawmaker, or work in social media, Logging Off is a must read.

    - Arturo Bejar, META WHISTLEBLOWER

Adele regularly speaks in the media and at events on topics including social media, AI, and digital wellbeing. To book Adele or discuss collaborating, please contact Adele’s team below to discuss rates and timeline.

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