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Would you be willing to participate in an anonymous 6-question survey about how NCMEC can best help people whose nude or sexual content has been shared online?
Having nudes or sexually-exploitive images or videos taken when you were a child out there on the internet can be frightening and overwhelming, but there is hope to get it taken down.
Survivors often say the process to get images down can be complicated, time consuming or feel invasive, but NCMEC is here to help and you can report the images or videos to our CyberTipline. You can also report the images or videos directly to the companies. On this page you can find tips for both options.
NCMEC also offers a service called Take It Down, which helps remove nude, partially nude or sexually explicit photos and videos of underage people by assigning a unique digital fingerprint, called a hash value, to the images or videos. Online platforms can use those hash values to detect these images or videos on their public or unencrypted services and take action to remove this content. Learn more about how to use the service here.
NCMEC has a team of analysts dedicated to speeding up the process of getting the images down and helping remove some of that burden.
NCMEC can:
In 2021, we sent 75,000+ notices to companies. On average, images were taken down within 27 hours. To report the sexually-exploitive images/videos of you to NCMEC visit the CyberTipline.
How do I report an image or a video on the CyberTipline?
In your report, you will need to report the image location to NCMEC. To do this, right click on the image and select either “Copy Image Location” or “Copy Image Address.”
What information do I have to include in the report?
In the CyberTipline report, make sure to say there are nude or exploitive images/videos of you online and you want help to get the images removed.
What if I was over the age of 18 when the images were created?
There is hope. These images are often referred to as non-consensual intimate imagery. While NCMEC’s resources are for minors, there are others who can help adults such as the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
Revenge Porn Hotline – based out of UK.
Victims and families often need additional support finding resources and figuring out the next steps and NCMEC can also help with that. If you need resources or someone to talk to, please click here.
You can also report the images and videos to the companies on your own. Companies are required to provide a way for people to notify them and request the removal of certain online content, including images/videos. Below is a list of common social media sites, along with company information, resources, and tools to help remove your sexually-exploitive images/videos.
To make a complaint about an image on Discord:
To make a complaint about an image on Discord:
To report a nude or sexually explicit image or video posted on Facebook:
To make a complaint about an image or video on Facebook
To report someone threatening to post exploitative images or videos:
For complaints about images/videos posted on an individual’s Facebook profile:
Facebook Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
To make a complaint about images or videos from Google Image Results:
Images that appear on Google image results are actually hosted by a different company. In order to remove your intimate image or video that has been shared without your consent and is appearing in Google search results:
1. Determine where the image is displayed:
2. Submit a request to Google to remove the content:
To make a complaint about cached content on Google:
Once an image/video has been removed from a website, the content may continue to appear in Google search results. This happens because Google takes a snapshot of each page and caches (stores) that version. It may take some time for Google to revisit the webpage to update its cache which is why your image/video may continue to show up in Google results even though it’s been removed from the website.
Submit a request to Google to have a cached page removed:
Other Google Products
To make a complaint about images or videos on other Google products (Google+, Youtube, etc.):
To make a complaint about an image or video on Instagram:
To make a complaint regarding a user threatening to post sexual images on Instagram:
OR
Instagram Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
To make a complaint about an image on Instagram:
To make a complaint regarding a user threatening to post sexual images on Instagram:
Instagram Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
If you wish to move forward, fill out the information requested of you by Instagram.
To make a complaint about an image on Imgur:
To make a complaint on your intimate images on Imgur:
To make a complaint about an image on Imgur:
Imgur Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
To report a user on Kik:
Kik Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
To make a complaint about images or videos on Bing Image Results:
Images that appear on Bing image results are actually hosted by a different company. You can flag an image on Bing as inappropriate by clicking the “••• More” then “Flag as inappropriate”. Select “Child Sexual Abuse” then click Submit.
In order to remove images that appear in Bing image results, determine where the image is displayed:
To make a complaint about cached content on Bing:
If the image/video has already been removed by the host but is still displaying on the Bing Image Results, you may submit a Page Removal Request.
When you click submit, Microsoft will run a check whether the page is actually no longer available on the web. If that is the case, Microsoft will submit the request and add it the Submission History table. However, if Microsoft detects that the page is still live on the web they will prompt that you can only submit an outdated cache removal.
Other Microsoft Products
To make a complaint about images or videos on other Microsoft products (OneDrive, Xbox Live):
Microsoft Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
Access https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/concern/dmca and provide the requested information.
To report a nude or sexually explicit image or video posted on Reddit:
Reddit Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
To report an explicit image or video on Reddit:
Reddit Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
OR
To make a complaint on a Story or Snap:
To Report a Snap User
To Report a Snap or Snap Story
If you don't have a Snapchat account or are unable to report a safety concern in-app, you can report any issue on the Snapchat Support site
To make a complaint about an account on TikTok:
To make a complaint about a video on TikTok:
To make a complaint about a comment on TikTok:
To make a complaint about a message on TikTok:
TikTok Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
To make a complaint about images or videos posted on Tumblr:
To make a complaint on your intimate images on Tumblr:
To make a complaint regarding a user threatening to post sexual images on Tumblr:
To make a complaint about images or videos posted on Tumblr:
Tumblr Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
To make a complaint about images or videos posted on X:
To report multiple tweets, use https://help.twitter.com/forms/moment_reporting
X Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
Access https://help.twitter.com/forms/dmca and provide the requested information.
You can also make a complaint regarding child sexual abuse at https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse. Include the link to the profile and links to any relevant tweets displaying the content. Also include information such as your name, current age, age at the time the image was taken, that you are the person in the image/video, that you did not post it, did not agree to it being posted and want it removed, and if the image was sent to someone else.
To make a complaint about a video
• Log into YouTube
• Find the video you want to report in the app
• Tap on the “•••” in the upper right corner of the video
• Tap “Report”
• Select the reason you are reporting the video (i.e. Sexual Content)
• Tap “Report”
To make a complaint about a video
A YouTube privacy complaint may also be submitted when:
To make a privacy complaint:
YouTube Copyright Infringement (DMCA):
Access https://www.youtube.com/copyright_complaint_form and provide the requested information
Contact the Provider by emailing the “Registrar Abuse Contact Email”