In The Press

Everything (nice) people have ever said about me, in the press, online and on the airwaves.

Highlights

Research

• A feminist internet would be better for everyone – MIT Tech Review
• What if the internet was run by women? – BBC Future
• This pole dancer is challenging censorship on social media with her research – Brut Media
• Shock horror: AI is over-sexualising and censoring women’s bodies – Cosmopolitan UK
• Comment Meta est devenu le symbole de la censure du corps féminin en ligne – Le Monde
• How to Start Fixing Social Media – OneZero
• Tackling the impossible problem of content moderation – The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• Who shouldn’t get verified on Instagram – Mashable
• Twitter rival Bluesky has a nudes problem – Wired
• ‘What Does Seggs Mean?’ The Rise of Sex Euphemisms on Social Media – Vice
• TikTok announced new tools to address the ‘unkind’ comments that plague the platform, but an online researcher says the changes don’t address core problems – Insider
• Adult content creators in the lurch as OnlyFans bans porn – Politico EU
• Facebook’s free speech myth is dead – and regulators should take notice – The Conversation
• Facebook versus the BMJ: when fact checking goes wrong – British Medical Journal
• Close Friends isn’t as close as you may think – Mashable
• Content moderation experts: Elon Musk is going about policing hate speech on Twitter all wrong – FastCompany
• The rise of the meta ‘fake celebrity’ on TikTok – Dazed
• TikTok’s Boob-Flashing Trend Is A Content Moderation Nightmare – BuzzFeed News
• All Porn Is Exploitation, UK Inquiry Concludes Without Speaking to Any Sex Workers – Vice World News
• Young landlord TikTok is here and it’s truly as grim as it sounds – I-D
• Transgender TikTok creators say the app’s mysterious ‘For You’ page is a breeding ground for transphobia and targeted harassment – Insider
• Instagram, nudes and Tommy Lee: Why the feminist shadow-banning fight is far from over – The i
• TikTok thinks periods are icky – Input
• Instagram users warned to ‘be careful’ when posting racy pics to Close Friends list – The Daily Star
• TikTok Has an Incel Problem – Vice World News
• Sensual ASMR has boomed on YouTube — but creators are facing a crackdown – The Verge
• Parler should be taken seriously as a hotbed of extremism and conspiracy theories, a new study shows – Insider
• Sex Workers, Performers Invited to Participate in Platform Discrimination Study – XBIZ
• Is TikTok Censoring Pro-Abortion Content? – Refinery29
• RuPaul’s Drag Race is inventing a whole new internet subculture and language – The Conversation
• Will Twitter Really Be Next to Purge NSFW Content? – Lustery POV
• Inside the murky world of social media moderation – The Skinny
• Amber Heard, others blast Instagram for inaction on abusive DMs – Input
• Gli strip club aumentano la violenza sulle donne?! Questo è assurdo e vi spieghiamo perché – Cosmopolitan Italia
• The UK’s porn age verification plan is a terrible idea – Mashable UK
• Expert Talk: Die Pole-Tänzerin, die an sich selber über Online-Zensur forscht – wmn.de
• Censorship vs Moderation: talks with Dr Carolina Are – Voice Mag
• Why Gen Z loves ugly selfies- Mashable
• A guide to shadowbanning – Charity Digital
• Will Meta Finally Lift Its Female Nipple Ban? – Hyperallergenic
• Why Meta freeing the nipple would be good for advertisers – The Drum
• Censored – Gashtrays Newsletter
• Um céu azul pelo pássaro azul? A Bluesky quer competir com o Twitter, mas ainda é “mais pequena do que muitas cidades” – Observador
• Ora gli utenti di Instagram possono verificare se i propri post vengono nascosti – Giornalettismo

Online censorship

• Celebrity photographer Rankin unveils exhibition featuring images that have been ‘unfairly’ censored on social media – The Daily Mail
• Pole dancing instructor and trans activist say Instagram censored their posts while failing to act on racism – The i
• Why is Instagram deleting the accounts of hundreds of porn stars? – The BBC (also in Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish etc.)
• Instagram’s CEO Says Shadow Banning ‘Is Not A Thing.’ That’s Not True – The Huffington Post
• Meet the Unseen: The project re-platforming creators who have been censored on Instagram – Hunger
• Instagram apologizes to pole dancers after hiding their posts – CTV News Canada
• The Future of Porn Is on Indie Social Media – OneZero
• Influencers abandon TikTok Shop in latest blow to UK e-commerce venture – Financial Times
• Pole dancer says Instagram is censoring ‘dirty and inappropriate’ photos: Our community is ‘under attack’ – Yahoo! Life
• Instagram Apologized To Canadian Pole Dancers For Reportedly Blocking Their Content – Narcity
• Unfair Instagram moderation of women’s bodies highlighted in a new exhibit – The Daily Dot
• L’ennesima trovata di Instagram per punire sex worker, artisti e attivisti – Wired Italia
• 1,300 adult performers accuse Instagram of unfairly deleting their accounts – The Next Web
• Instagram’s Shadow Ban On Vaguely ‘Inappropriate’ Content Is Plainly Sexist – The Huffington Post
• TikTok influencers say they’re leaving its UK shopping platform over lack of payment and poor-quality products – The i
• Check out an online art exhibit of the censored and shadowbanned – Input
• TikTok Embraces The Dark Side to Shadow Ban Pole Dancers – ynotcam.com
• Rankin Creative & Quantus Gallery launch exhibition spotlighting unfair censorship – London Daily News
• Rankin Creative Launches Exhibition to Platform Those Unfairly Censored on Social Media – Little Black Book

Pole dancing

• Pole Dancing’s Heritage Deserves To Be Respected, Not Sanitised – Glorious Sport
• A RATHER BADASS HEAVY METAL POLE WORKSHOP WITH BLOGGER ON POLE! – ChromeChronicles
• Your first pole dancing class: what to expect and how to prepare – Pole Junkie
• Jennifer Lopez, 50, praised by professional pole dancers after she shows off moves in new video – Yahoo! Life
• Women reveal surprising ways pole dancing has changed their lives – Daily Star
• Pole dancing taught me to love and value myself – MetroUK
• ‘I’m starting 2020 fitter & sexier with a dancing pole installed in my home’ – The Sun
• Is pole dance suddenly so inappropriate that it should be banned on social media? – PoledancerKA

Profile pieces

• Criminologa, scrittrice, pole dancer: 50 sfumature di un’italiana – La Repubblica
• Sister Meets…Blogger On Pole – Sister Magazine
• Storia di Carolina: da Olbia a Londra tra criminologia e pole dance – Olbia.it

Podcasts and radio

Should we ban certain pornography sites? – Newstalk Ireland

TV, Video Interviews and Vlogs