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Details: Written by Bing News Search Results; Category: Social Media; Published: 05 August 2026; Created: 05 August 2026; Last Updated: 05 August 2026

X users shared unedited clips of the media personality engaging in self-harm in a TikTok livestream that the platform said it “interrupted” before banning the account.
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Posted: 2026-08-05 01:48:00

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