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Intimate images are being shared or threatened to be shared

Sharing sexually explicit images without consent is a crime, in Italy and in Switzerland, and manipulated or AI-generated images can be one too. The blame always lies with the person who shares them, never with the person pictured.

How to recognise it

  • Someone threatens to publish intimate photos or videos.
  • Intimate images attributed to you are circulating, real or fake.
  • They ask you for money or other images in exchange for silence.

What to do

  1. If you fear the images will be published, in Italy you can report it in advance to the Garante Privacy (the Italian data protection authority), which decides within 48 hours.
  2. Use StopNCII.org: it creates a digital fingerprint of the images on your device, without uploading them, and participating platforms block their spread. Telegram does not take part.
  3. Ask Google to remove the images from search results.
  4. File a complaint: in Italy you generally have 6 months.

What to avoid

  • Do not pay and do not send more images.
  • Do not forward the images to anyone, not even to report them. If they involve minors, report them only to the police.

Other situations

  1. 01I am being shamed onlineChannels and groups expose you to contempt with photos, insults and false accusations.
  2. 02My personal data has been leakedAddress, phone number, family members or documents published to expose you (doxxing).
  3. 03I or my family are being threatenedMessages or calls with threats of violence, including against your relatives.
  4. 05Someone is using my nameFake profiles in your name, or your name used to accuse others.
  5. 06My website, my accounts or my phone are under attackThreats to take the site down, stolen accounts, a phone being spied on.
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