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    CELEBS AND THE SCOURGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

    Feb 28, 2020 3 minutes

    BILLIE EILISH

    The teen pop sensation recently quit social media, denouncing the internet as the playground of “a bunch of trolls”.

    In an interview with the BBC, the 18-year-old Grammy winner said she “should have stopped reading comments long ago but the problem is I’ve wanted to stay in touch with my fans and now people have ruined that for me and for them.

    “That sucks. It’s weird. The cooler things you get

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