Free takedown kit
Get the right words to ask for it to come down.
If someone has used your work, shared an intimate image of you or is pretending to be you, this fills in the notice and shows you where to send it. No sign-up, and nothing you type leaves your device.
Fill it in, one step at a time
Choose what’s happened and answer what you can. Your wording fills in as you type.
Your wording
Subject: DMCA takedown notice To whom it may concern, I am writing to report material on your service that infringes my copyright. The work that was copied: [what the work is] The material I am asking you to remove or disable, and where it is: [the exact address of each copy] How to reach me: [your full name] [your email address] I have a good faith belief that the use of this material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law. The information in this notice is accurate, and I state under penalty of perjury that I am the owner of the copyright, or am authorized to act on behalf of its owner. Signed: [your full name] Date: [today’s date]
Still in square brackets: what the work is, the exact address of each copy, your full name, your email address.
Where to send it
Pick the site above, or see how to find who to write to.
Many forms have their own boxes rather than one for all of this. Paste each part where it fits.
Before you send it
This is a legal statement, so only send it if the work is yours or you’re authorized to act for whoever owns it. Think first about whether fair use or a similar exception could apply. Knowingly saying something false in a notice can make you liable for damages.
Hosts can pass a notice on to whoever posted the material. YouTube says it’s required to share certain information with the uploader, and TikTok says it may give the name of the copyright owner. If that worries you, someone else, such as a lawyer, can send it for you.
This is not legal advice, and we can’t say what a host will do. For a serious case, see a lawyer.
Where each big site takes it
Each address comes from that site’s own help pages. They do change, so if one doesn’t open, search the site’s help for the same words.
| Site | Copyright | Intimate images | Impersonation | Checked on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta’s intellectual property form | Meta’s page for reporting intimate imagesIts form is for people in the US. Anyone can use the report option on the post. | Impersonation form | ||
| TikTok | Copyright form | TikTok’s US form for intimate imagesLinked from TikTok’s US privacy form. Elsewhere, use the report option on the video. | Impersonation formChoose Report an Impersonation Account. | |
| X | Intellectual property form | Take It Down formYou don’t need an X account. | Impersonation form | |
| YouTube | Copyright removal request | Intimate imagery formFor people in the US. YouTube’s privacy complaint process is open to others. | Impersonation form | |
| Meta’s intellectual property form | Meta’s US form for intimate imagesFor people in the US. Anyone can use the report option on the post. | How to report a fake profile or PageYou can report one without a Facebook account. | ||
| Copyright overview, with the form | Take It Down Act page, with the formFor people in the US. Anyone can use the report button on the post. | Impersonation rule, and how to reach Reddit | ||
| Google SearchGoogle can take a page out of its results. The page itself stays where it is until its own host takes it down, so ask the host too. | Copyright form for Web Search | Google’s form for intimate images | No separate form we could check. Use the report option on the page itself. | |
| Etsy | How to use Etsy’s Reporting PortalYou register for the portal, then report each listing by its address. | No separate form we could check. Use the report option on the page itself. | No separate form we could check. Use the report option on the page itself. | |
| Redbubble | Notice and Takedown formOne address for each listing. | No separate form we could check. Use the report option on the page itself. | No separate form we could check. Use the report option on the page itself. | |
| Shopify | Copyright notice form | Report a merchantChoose Illegal activities. | Report a merchantChoose Fraud. | |
| Linktree | Intellectual property form | Report a Violation | Report a Violation |
Any other site
How to find who to write to.
- Look at the foot of the site for Report, Legal, Copyright, DMCA, Terms or Contact. Most sites that take what people post have one of these.
- Look up its domain name. ICANN’s lookup shows who the name was registered through, and usually a way to report abuse to them. ICANN Lookup
- Write to the site’s owner, or to the company that hosts or registers the site, with the same notice. Some will only pass it on to the owner, which can still help. How to contact a website’s owner, from Google
- Ask Google to take the page out of its results, so fewer people come across it while you wait. Google Search’s forms
- If it’s on a Portage page, use its own Report this page link, or the report form. A person reads every report. Report a page
Where to find help
For intimate images shared without consent. You don’t have to do this by yourself.
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative’s helpline
United States
Support and referrals for image-based sexual abuse, for adults, day and night. Its site has a step by step guide and a list of lawyers who may be able to help.
Cybertip.ca
Canada
Canada’s tipline for the online sexual exploitation of children. It helps anyone under 18, and it tells adults to report to local police or to Cybertip.ca. Sharing an intimate image without consent is a crime in Canada, at any age.
NeedHelpNow.ca
Canada
Practical steps and a support team for people aged 13 to 17 whose images are being shared, including asking sites to take them down.
Revenge Porn Helpline
United Kingdom
For adults in the UK, 10:00 to 16:00 on weekdays. Email help@revengepornhelpline.org.uk. Sharing or threatening to share an intimate image without consent is a crime in England and Wales.
StopNCII.org
Anywhere, for adults
Makes a digital fingerprint of an image on your own device, so that the companies taking part can block it. The image itself doesn’t leave your device.
Take It Down
Anywhere, for images taken before you were 18
A free service from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which works the same way.
If this is all too much, you can talk to someone right now: call or text 988 in Canada or the US, or call Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK. Both are open day and night. If you’re in danger, call your local emergency number.
Tell people which accounts are yours
If somebody is copying you, your followers need somewhere plain to check. Add “Is this really them?” to your Portage page. It’s free, and it gives you an address like portage.camp/@you/real where anybody can paste a handle and see whether you’ve listed it. You can list what’s yours, and what isn’t you, and it shows them how to report it.
Where you live changes things
In Canada
There’s no DMCA. Under the Copyright Act’s notice and notice rules, a Canadian host passes your notice on to whoever posted the work and doesn’t have to take it down. That notice needs your name and address, the work and your interest in it, where it is, and the date and time, and it can’t ask for money or offer a settlement. Hosts based in the US work under the DMCA.
In the UK
There’s no DMCA either, but a host that learns of unlawful material and doesn’t act quickly can lose its legal protection, so send the same facts. Report Harmful Content can help you report it on social media.
If a US host doesn’t act
If a host doesn’t remove an intimate image within 48 hours of your request, or has no way to make one, you can tell the US Federal Trade Commission.
This is not legal advice, and we can’t say what a host will do. For a serious case, see a lawyer.