If intimate images of you have been shared without your consent, or someone has created fake sexual images of you, you have real options, and many platforms are now legally required to act quickly.
Record the links, usernames, and dates where the content appears. Avoid downloading or forwarding the images themselves.
Major platforms prohibit non-consensual intimate content and AI-generated sexual images of real people. Use each site’s report option for intimate content. Under the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act, covered platforms must remove reported content quickly once they receive a valid request.
This is not your fault, and you do not have to handle it alone.
StopNCII.org lets you create a digital fingerprint of an image on your own device, without uploading it, so participating platforms can block it from being shared.
Google has a dedicated request for removing non-consensual explicit images, including fakes, from its search results.
If you are being threatened or extorted, contact law enforcement. Organizations such as the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative offer free support.
No. Platforms and Google work from links and descriptions, and StopNCII.org creates its fingerprint on your own device.
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