General Article ‘I identified with what she said’: Billie Eilish remarks on porn resonate in UK

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Singer’s comments may help children and adults to have better conversation, say experts, amid calls to change online safety bill.

By Harriet Grant and Dan Milmo

When Billie Eilish said this week that viewing pornography at a young age had ‘devastated’ her, 19-year-old Jay recognised the feeling and the experience.

‘I really identified with what she said. I first saw porn at about 12 or 13 on social media; it came up on Instagram and boys at school would show it around and laugh,’ says Jay, wh...

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