Found a Deepfake or AI Nude of Yourself? What to Do in the First Hours

Your checklist for the first hours

Here, in order, is what to do if someone made a deepfake of you or shared an AI-generated nude. Go one step at a time: you can stop, take a break and come back.

1. It is not your fault. The responsibility lies with whoever made or shared the image.
2. In danger or being threatened? Contact local emergency services first.
3. Under 18? Use NCMEC's Take It Down and stop here.
4. Being blackmailed? Do not pay, do not negotiate, keep everything and report it.
5. Save the evidence: links, dated screenshots and usernames, without re-sharing the content.
6. Report it to the platform using its option for non-consensual intimate images.
7. Ask Google to remove it from search. It hides the result; the page itself stays online.
8. Consider StopNCII if you have a copy of the images, real or AI-generated, and they could be uploaded again.
9. Use the law: in the U.S., the Take It Down Act.
10. Ask us to review your case if you want help with the formal requests.

It is not your fault

Whether the image is AI-generated or real, it was made or shared without your consent. That was someone else's choice. Shock, shame, fear or anger are normal reactions, and none of them means you did something wrong.

You do not have to do this alone. Once you have saved the links, someone you trust can help you with the reports, so you do not have to keep looking at the content.

If you are in danger or being threatened

If you fear for your physical safety, or someone is threatening you, call your local emergency number or go to the police before anything else. Your safety comes before any removal request. The box below lists free support lines and what to do if the person affected is a minor.

If the person in the images is under 18

Stop here and use Take It Down by NCMEC — the details are in the help box above. Traqeer cannot take cases involving minors, and any intimate image of a minor should also be reported to the police.

If someone asks for money or more images

• Do not pay. Paying rarely ends the demands and often leads to new ones.
• Do not negotiate and do not send more images. You can stop replying without deleting the conversation.
• Keep everything: messages, usernames, any payment details they sent you and the dates.
• Report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at ncii.ic3.gov and to local police. Under the Take It Down Act, threatening to publish intimate images, real or AI-generated, to intimidate, coerce or extort someone is a federal crime.

After saving the evidence, you can block the account and report it on the platform.

Save the evidence without spreading it

Evidence makes every report stronger, and content can move or disappear quickly. Save:

• The exact links (URLs) of every page, post or profile where the content appears.
• Screenshots that show the date, the time and the address bar, plus the username of whoever posted it.
• Any messages or threats, with the sender's details.

Report it to the platform

Most large platforms have a specific reporting option for non-consensual intimate images, sometimes called NCII or intimate content shared without consent. Use that option rather than a generic report for nudity or spam, include the links and say clearly that you did not consent. Note the date and time of each report.

Platform policies are discretionary, and some sites based outside the U.S. ignore reports. That is why the next steps matter too.

Ask Google to remove it from search results

Google has a free form to remove personal sexual content from Google Search, including fake or AI-generated sexual images of you. You can use it yourself.

StopNCII, to block re-uploads

If you have a copy of the images, StopNCII.org creates a digital fingerprint (a hash) of intimate images so participating platforms can block re-uploads. It also works for AI-generated images, as long as the image is of you, you have access to the file, it is intimate and you were over 18 in it. Only the person in the image can submit it.

Use the law: the Take It Down Act

In the United States, the Take It Down Act (Public Law 119-12) requires covered platforms (public sites and apps built mainly around user-generated content) to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid request, and to make reasonable efforts to remove known identical copies. It covers digital forgeries: images created or altered with AI that are indistinguishable from an authentic one.

• A valid request needs your signature (or that of an authorized representative), where the image is, a good-faith statement that it is not consensual and your contact details.
• If a covered platform does not act on a valid request, you can file a complaint with the FTC at takeitdown.ftc.gov. The FTC can fine platforms up to $53,088 per violation.
• The 48-hour rule applies only to covered platforms under U.S. law. Sites that ignore U.S. authorities need other routes, such as removal from Google.
• Publishing or threatening to publish can also be reported to local police. State laws may add further options.

Ask us to review your case

When you are ready, tell us what happened using the form on this page. You can use an alias, and you never need to send the images: a link is enough. Our team reads your case and tells you honestly what can be done and what cannot. Sending the form does not authorize us to act for you. If you decide to go ahead after the review, you sign a separate authorization for Traqeer to act as your representative, and we handle the formal requests: Take It Down Act requests, Google's removal form and the platforms' own reporting channels.

No one can promise that every copy disappears, and we will tell you if your case has limits. More detail: removing AI-generated nude images, our deepfake removal service and what we can and cannot remove.