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I or my family are being threatened

When online shaming is not enough, some groups move on to threats: violence against you or your family members, often from foreign or virtual numbers, sometimes with details about your home or habits. Even if they may be a bluff, they must be taken seriously and reported immediately.

How to recognise it

  • You receive messages or calls with threats of violence.
  • The threats reach your family members or mention where they live.
  • The numbers are foreign, change often, or the calls come at odd hours.

What to do

  1. If there is a concrete danger, call 112 in Italy or 117 in Switzerland straight away.
  2. File a complaint today: screenshots are enough. In Italy a serious threat can in some cases be prosecuted even without a complaint from you, for example if it is made anonymously.
  3. Warn the family members involved and agree not to answer unknown numbers and to call each other right away if in doubt.
  4. Save numbers, times, messages and call logs. On WhatsApp you can silence calls from unknown callers after saving everything.

What to avoid

  • Do not reply to the threats and do not try to find out on your own who is behind the number.
  • Do not wait until you have “all the evidence” before filing a complaint.

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. 04Intimate images are being shared or threatened to be sharedIntimate photos or videos, real or fake, attributed to you.
  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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