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My research and/or interview quotes are featured in the following stories:
- The Times (UK): Filtered, slimmed, liked: ‘I was addicted to looking at perfect bodies online’ (August 2020)
- VICE (UK): How ‘deeply unsettling’ intermittent fasting apps took over social media (July 2020)
- WIRED (UK): As humans go home, Facebook and YouTube face a coronavirus crisis (March 2020)
- Bustle (US): Pro-ana content on TikTok is hidden in plain sight (March 2020)
- Rhitrition’s Food For Thought podcast (UK): Does Instagram trigger dieting? (February 2020)
- i-D (UK): Instagram isn’t doing enough to tackle pro-eating disorder content (January 2020)
- Vice (UK): I tried a male selfie editing app to see if it actually made me more desirable (January 2020)
- Tortoise (UK): Jameela Jamil v cancel culture (December 2019)
- Esquire (UK): Why Instagram hiding likes will make your feed less awful (November 2019)
- i-D (UK): In defence of oversharing on social media (November 2019)
- BBC News (UK): Afternoon live (segment on Instagram’s updated self-harm policy) (October 2019)
- NBC News (US): Anti-vaccination groups still crowdfunding on Facebook despite crackdown (October 2019)
- The Telegraph (UK): Justin Bieber and how Instagram became the millennial confession booth (September 2019)
- WIRED (UK): How Yahoo!’s prudish policies pushed Tumblr into obscurity (August 2019)
- The Telegraph: Never tweet your heroes: Ariana Grande and the hidden dangers of fan/celebrity interactions (August 2019)
- Healthline: Does my skin offend you? Thoughts on Instagram’s #psoriasis hashtag ban (July 2019)
- BBC Radio Sheffield: local and national news, discussing the UK’s Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport’s (DMCS) Online Harms White Paper (April 2019) (from 16:50)
- BBC News: Instagram eating disorder content ‘out of control’ (March 2019)
- The Guardian (UK): From self-harm to terrorism, online recommendations cast a deadly shadow (March 2019)
- BBC World Service: The Weekend radio programme, discussing Tumblr’s adult content ban (December 2018)
- BBC Radio 4: Woman’s hour, discussing Tumblr’s adult content ban (December 2018) (from 27:09)
- BBC World Service / BBC Trending: Do Instagram hashtags promote eating disorders? (December 2018)
- The Guardian (US): Tumblr’s adult content ban dismays some users: ‘It was a safe space’ (December 2018)
- Venture Beat: Surveillance marketing: too much personalization can hurt your brand (November 2018)
- 2SER Radio podcast (Australia): Think Digital Futures: anorexia and algorithms (October 2018)
- The Telegraph: Instagram promoting accounts which ‘incite’ self-harm, Telegraph investigation reveals (September 2018)
- WIRED (US): How pro-eating disorder posts evade filters on social media (May 2018)
