At Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, we know how traumatic and distressing it can be to find your intimate images online when you didn’t consent to them being shared. We worked with all of the major social media and tech companies to provide you with guidance on how to report this violation on all of their platforms.
Things to consider before reporting / what you can expect
- Facebook and Instagram restrict nudity, but photos of post-mastectomy scarring and women actively breastfeeding are allowed.
- Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, & Yahoo do not allow nonconsensual porn.
- Google:
- On Drive, Google+, and YouTube, sharing sexually explicit content is generally disallowed. On Blogger, nonconsensual porn that is reported will be removed. On Google Play, users can flag inappropriate apps.
- In search results, the best option is to request removal under Google’s personal information policy. Google may globally remove links to pages where nude or sexually explicit content has been posted without the subject’s consent upon request. In addition, content will be removed if its inclusion in results violates local law. So, material that violates your copyright can be removed. If you’re in Europe, certain URLs that come up in search results for a query of your name can also be requested for local removal.
- Remember: Even if Google deletes URLs from search results, the material could still be on the hosting webpage.
- Microsoft
- On OneDrive, Xbox, and other consumer services where content can be published, Microsoft will remove nonconsensual porn that is reported.
- In search results, Bing may remove, upon request, links to pages where nude or sexually explicit content has been posted without the subject’s consent. In addition users may have other legal rights, for example if copyright is violated or they are in Europe.
- Remember that if Bing deletes URLs from search results, the material could still be on the hosting webpage.
