Instagram was bought by Facebook in 2012. Since then..

  • The suicide rate for women and girls between ages 10-24 increased by 94% - with a 40-year high in suicide amongst teen girls.

  • There’s been an increase in over 21,000 people being admitted to hospital for eating disorders each year.

  • The number of labiaplasty operations have risen up to 45% year on year.

  • NHS waiting lists for ADHD assessments have increased by up to 7 years.

  • Under-18s were found to be accessing OnlyFans using fake ID to set up accounts selling explicit sexual content.

  • 58% of surveyed women said social media changed how they view themselves and others, with 83% saying this was in a negative way.

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Leanne wrote ‘the Reality Manifesto’ to provide an anti-exploitation manual for navigating social media, mental health & body image.

Having studied media law & modelled since age 13 for brands like Vogue, Leanne is an expert in social media law & campaigns for better regulation of social media to stop humans being treated like products.

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Press

Television

  • BBC News - Interview with Victoria Derbyshire

Print

  • You Magazine - ‘My life looked perfect but I’d wake up thinking, ‘Why am I still alive?’’ - Anna Moore

  • Hunger Magazine - ‘Top model Leanne Maskell releases new book ‘The Reality Manifesto’’

  • Sunday Times - ‘How Instagram changed modelling: the lies behind where the power lies’ - Shanti Das

  • Refinery 29 - ‘I’m Chronically Ill & Constantly Targeted By Ads That Make Me Feel Worse’ - Hannah Turner