Social media can be a dark place. While platforms can be a force for good, they also have the potential to damage, as actress and comedian Emily Atack has discovered. On the sharp end of continued abuse, the TV personality has now been praised by fans after she detailed the emotional turmoil she underwent after receiving unwanted sexual messages.
The Inbetweeners actress opened up about her experiences in her documentary, Emily Atack: Asking for It?, which was broadcast on BBC Two on Tuesday (January 31). Fans were sickened after hearing her describe some of the harrowing messages and photos she had received from a string of men online.
Emily explained that she is regularly bombarded with sexually explicit images and videos as well as messages on Instagram from men she doesn't know. She said: "My whole life, I've been sexually harassed.
