Inside feud that left 'queen of influencers' on the brink of suicide

's influencers have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, with a law brought in to stop impressionable young followers being 'scammed' by false advertising and sold cheap goods by their favourite social media stars.

But criticism of their practices has in many cases spiralled into vile internet abuse, with Magali Berdah, known as France's 'queen of influencers', this week helping to put 28 internet trolls who targeted her behind bars.

The mother-of-three told the trial how she had suffered such severe abuse, including anti-semitic and misogynistic insults, that she had come 'within a whisker of throwing (herself) out the window'.

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