Help
If you need help right now.
These nonprofit hotlines come first. They have humans on the line, 24/7, free. UNI comes after, for finding and removing content that is already online. Crisis support is not our lane.
Crisis support, 24/7, free, humans answer
Call these first.
If you are in crisis right now, including thoughts of self-harm, sextortion threats, or an active attack, these organizations are equipped for the call in a way that a tool is not.
1-844-878-2274
Image Abuse Helpline. Live crisis intervention for victims of non-consensual intimate imagery, sextortion, and related abuse. Evidence documentation and attorney referrals included.
Visit cybercivilrights.org →1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
Confidential support for survivors of sexual violence in any form, including image-based abuse. Also available via online chat at rainn.org.
Visit rainn.org →Online tool (no phone)
For minors, or for content taken when the victim was under 18. Hash-registration prevents the image from being uploaded across major platforms.
Visit takeitdown.ncmec.org →Prevent future spread
Stop the image from spreading further.
These tools register intimate-image hashes with major platforms so the image cannot be uploaded across them. Complementary to UNI, they prevent new uploads, UNI finds and removes what is already public.
For adults 18+. Register a hash of an intimate image; partner platforms, including Meta, TikTok, Reddit, OnlyFans, Pornhub, Snap, Bing, Google, block uploads matching it. Free. Your image never leaves your device.
Visit stopncii.org →Tech-abuse expertise for domestic-violence survivors. Guidance on intimate-image abuse from a current or former partner, including safety planning and advocate referrals.
Visit www.techsafety.org →What we do, afterward
Once the crisis has been spoken to.
UNI is a free tool for finding the content that is already online and pursuing its removal. The protective action is free for everyone, forever, no subscription, no per-notice fee, no cap.
We are tooling, not a service: you sign the §512(c)(3) perjury attestation on every takedown notice, we prepare the legal text, find the right inbox or form on each platform, and watch the URL until the content is gone. Same legal floor every service operates under.
See where your face appears, free scan →When to use what
A simple decision tree.
Just discovered intimate imagery of you exists online.
CCRI hotline first. Then UNI to find and remove copies.
Worried about future uploads of an image you already have.
StopNCII to register the hash with platforms. UNI to find what is already out there.
Your face is being used commercially, in ads, or to impersonate you.
UNI directly, non-intimate likeness misuse is our default lane.
The victim is under 18 (or the content was created when they were).
NCMEC Take It Down first, then CCRI. UNI can support but the minors-first tools are stronger.
The abuser is a current or former partner.
NNEDV Safety Net first, they have DV-specific safety planning that UNI cannot replace.
Lost or hacked account
Lost access to your own account, or want it deleted?
This is not a takedown we file. If the content is on your own account and you can still reach the platform, the fastest path is the platform's own recovery and deletion help. They can verify you are the account holder and act in minutes. We cannot do that part for you, and routing it through a takedown notice would only slow you down.
Go straight to the source. These are the official recovery and account-deletion help pages.
Hacked account, lost login, or delete your account.
Open www.facebook.com →If the content is on someone else's account, not yours, that is a takedown. Start a free scan and we will help you find it and remove it.
Threats before anything is posted
Someone is threatening to post, but it is not online yet.
This is sextortion, and your safety comes first. There is nothing posted yet for us to take down, so a takedown is not the right tool in this moment. The right move is to bring in people who handle live threats. Do this now.
Contact law enforcement first.
In the United States, report to the FBI at ic3.gov. Anywhere else, call your local police. If you are a minor, or the threat involves a minor, this is the most important step.
Call a crisis line.
The Cyber Civil Rights Initiative Image Abuse Helpline is reachable at 1-844-878-2274. They walk people through exactly this situation every day.
Do not pay.
Paying almost never makes the threat stop. It usually signals that you will pay again. Stop responding to the demands.
Save the evidence.
Screenshot the messages, usernames, profile links, and any payment details. Do not delete the conversation. Law enforcement will need it.
This stage is before any harm is public, so it sits outside what a takedown can do. That is by design. The moment anything is actually posted, come back here and we will take it down.
If it has been posted, start a takedown →Crisis support comes first. We come after. The nonprofits above existed before UNI did and serve people we can never replace; please use them, and tell others.