In short
- On this site we never write the names of groups, channels or bots that spread intimate images or organise shaming campaigns, and we do not publish links to find them.
- Naming them, even to denounce them, makes them grow: the Italian Parliament wrote this in its report of 22 April 2026.
- We ask the same of journalists, creators, associations and anyone who shares news.
When a group that spreads intimate images or shames someone makes the news, the natural reaction is to be outraged and to share. The problem is that the name of the group travels along with the outrage. And the name is exactly what people need to find it.
What Parliament says
On 22 April 2026 the parliamentary commission of inquiry on femicide unanimously approved a report on the digital dimension of violence against women. Reporting the hearing of the president of the association PermessoNegato, Matteo Flora, the report says:
“Another super-spreader is perhaps the most harmful because it acts in good faith: careless journalism. The media, journalists, creators, even in the praiseworthy attempt to denounce a phenomenon, name the groups and the chats […] unintentionally advertising them.”
The result, according to the report, is “mass re-victimisation” and a “bandwagon effect”: more people join the group, and the behaviour seems normal because so many do it.
The same report gives an example: a group that, after appearing on television, reportedly went from 30,000 to 260,000 members in less than ten days. This is a statement made at a hearing, not verified by anyone else, but the mechanism is clear. Local news offers examples too: after the news of an investigation into a Telegram group, one with the same name reappeared, with hundreds of members within a few days.
For this reason the Commission proposes changing the journalists’ code of ethics so that news about these crimes does “not indicate the name of the group or site (where still active)”.
Our rule
- We do not write the names of groups, channels, bots or services that spread intimate images, personal data or accusations.
- We do not publish links, readable screenshots or clues to find them, even when they have been shut down: names get reused.
- We do not write the names of alleged perpetrators. The people who organise these campaigns often use the identity of other people: a wrong name hits an innocent person.
- We only mention cases that are already closed and already named in official documents, and only when it helps to understand the phenomenon.
How to report on the phenomenon without amplifying it
If you are a journalist, a creator or you run a page:
- report the phenomenon, the numbers, the laws, what institutions are doing and what a person who is targeted can do;
- give space to victims who want to speak, with their consent and without details that make them recognisable;
- point to where to ask for help: emergency numbers, associations, our page Who can help you;
- avoid the term “revenge porn”: revenge often has nothing to do with it. Better to say “intimate images shared without consent”;
- if you have the name of a group, give it to the authorities, not to the public.
If you are someone who shares news: before forwarding a screenshot or a link “to denounce”, ask yourself whether you are helping the victim or the group.
What to do now
- If you have ended up in a group or channel: what to do right away.
- If you have information about a group: report it to the Polizia Postale (Italy) or the cantonal police (Switzerland).
- If you work in the media and want to talk to us: write to us.
Updated 14 October 2026.