If someone is threatening to release intimate images or videos of you, you deserve calm, practical help. ContentRemoval.com can assess published content, coordinate removal requests and help you understand the next steps. You do not need to navigate the situation alone.
Contact us for a confidential assessment. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact emergency services first. Our service is not an emergency response line.
What to do first
Do not send money or more intimate content. Preserve the messages, usernames, profile links and payment demands without forwarding explicit material. Report and block the threatening account using the platform’s controls after saving the relevant information. Secure your accounts, change compromised passwords and enable multi-factor authentication.
Tell someone you trust. If the person affected is a child, involve a trusted adult and the appropriate child-protection reporting service. The FBI’s sextortion guidance explains official reporting and support options.
How we can help with published content
We start by distinguishing a threat from content that has actually been published. If a URL is live, we assess the material, the platform and the applicable reporting routes, then agree the work with you. Where copies or search listings are involved, those are tracked separately so the scope is clear.
A confidential assessment can cover platform reports, private image and video removal, relevant Google image results and evidence of impersonation or account abuse. If you have already made a report, share the reply so the next step can build on what has happened.
We do not need you to publish your story or contact the person threatening you to assess a live URL. Share only the information needed through the agreed channel, and do not send us explicit images of anyone under 18.
Support for adults and for material made under 18
There are specialist victim-support tools alongside direct platform reports. StopNCII supports eligible adult intimate-image cases. NCMEC’s Take It Down is for eligible images made when the person was under 18, even if they are now an adult. These services are free and use digital fingerprints on participating platforms; they do not require sending the image to us.
For Take It Down, use only an image already on your device. Do not download or share explicit material to submit it. These systems have defined coverage and do not control every website or private message. NCMEC’s CyberTipline is a reporting route for child exploitation.
What a confidential assessment covers
Tell us the platform, whether anything has been posted, the URLs if known, and what reports you have already made. You can also tell us the safest way to contact you. We will explain the proposed removal work and any fees before you decide whether to proceed.
Official reporting and specialist victim-support services remain available without hiring us. Paid assistance is optional and separate from those services. We cannot promise to control an offender’s behaviour, but we can assess the online content and help you pursue an appropriate response.
After a removal request
Keep report confirmations and case references. Verify the original URL and any identified copies rather than assuming one approval covers everything. If content is removed at source but a search listing remains, that is a separate follow-up step.
Where you need continuing support for online exposure, discuss ongoing protection. For threats involving documents, business information or non-intimate material, our online blackmail help page explains the wider assessment.
Frequently asked questions
Should I pay a sextortionist to stop the threats?
Payment does not ensure that threats stop or material is deleted. Do not send more money or content. Preserve relevant information, report the account and seek support from someone you trust and the appropriate authorities.
What if the images have already been published?
Record the URLs and report the content through the platform’s intimate-image or child-safety channel as appropriate. Contact us with the links if you want a confidential assessment of removal and related search results.
Can you help if I have already reported the content?
Yes, we can review the content and the response you received. Include the report reference and reply so the assessment takes previous action into account.
What if the image was made when I was under 18?
Use NCMEC’s Take It Down and child-protection reporting resources. Do not download, forward or send explicit images to us. A trusted adult can help you access support.
Is contacting you confidential?
Tell us your preferred contact method and share only the information needed for assessment. We handle enquiries discreetly, subject to our privacy policy and applicable legal obligations.
Speak to us about removal
Request a confidential assessment for published content or related search results. We will review the situation and explain the proposed next steps without requiring you to commit to paid work first.