Jeremy Clarkson’s daughter Emily has opened up about her experience online, where she says men have “cyberflashed” her.
The 27-year-old has revealed that she has been harassed by men who have sent naked pictures of themselves to the star.
She also called out social media site Instagram after she said she was targeted “relentlessly” by the vile pictures, of which she has devised a plan against.
Emily, who hosts the Should I Delete That? podcast, has admitted that she replies with a fake message in an attempt to scare off the trolls.
She sends them a message supposedly from “AI technology” which has “recognised” that the picture has been sent, which then requests the sender to “reply” before their “account is terminated by the end of the day”.
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Emily said: “It’s great to see all these men writing back: ‘Help!’”
The influencer has also been an advocate for tougher sexual harassment laws and wants “cyberflashing” to be included under the umbrella.
The Sunday Times reported that Emily said that Instagram has done “nothing really” in regards to the phenomenon: “I report them and [Instagram] says: ‘It does not go against our guidelines’.”
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Emily also added that the platform removes “uncovered female nipples” because they violate the site’s nudity guidelines.
To try and tackle the issue, Emily and a few famous friends, including Love Island contestant Sharon Gaffka and Countdown’s Carol Vorderman, met with digital and culture secretary Nadine Dorries.
The group wanted to talk about the Online Safety Harms Bill, which was announced in the Queen’s Speech and promises to bring people “one step closer to a safer environment”.
Some believe that the bill doesn’t go far enough in a bid to protect internet users and Clarkson spoke her thoughts.
She said: “People think [social media is] a silly hobby of bored little girls. It is so not like that online. It is fabulous, the makeup, the hair, the love, the community, the support, but it is also very dangerous, breeding ‘incels’, terrorism, abuse and hate crimes.”
Emily also said that it is “victim blaming at its core,” while a spokesperson for Meta, the owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said that the “harassment of women is unacceptable” and that they “don’t allow […] any threat of sexual violence”.
Daily Star has contacted Instagram for comment.
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