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Shauna Smith: intimate images removed worldwide in 72 hours

After an ex-partner shared intimate images in 2018 and personal videos spread across porn sites globally in 2019, Shauna came to us when everyone else, including the police, said they couldn't help.

72 hoursto complete removal
2 attacksstopped, 2018 and 2019
Private images removed worldwide and monitored against re-upload
72 hours
to complete removal
At a glance
AttacksTwo: 2018 (ex-partner, anonymous platform) and 2019 (videos across porn sites worldwide)
Time to complete removal72 hours
CoveragePlatforms, search engines, torrent sites and image boards
SupportRemoval at the source and from search, with an evidence trail compiled for the UK police
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The challenge

Shauna was targeted twice. In 2018, an ex-partner shared intimate images of her on an anonymous platform. In 2019 it escalated: personal videos distributed across multiple porn sites around the world. She had tried to handle removals herself and been told by police that they couldn't help.

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The approach

One specialist took her case start to finish. We located every copy across platforms, search engines, torrent sites and image boards, had every copy removed as an emergency, and cleared search results for her name in parallel, while compiling the evidence trail to assist the UK police investigation into the perpetrator.

✓
The result

Every image and video we located was removed within 72 hours, and the documented evidence went to the police to aid identification. Cases like Shauna's are why our private image protection service exists: fast, discreet, and handled so the client never has to look at the content again.

★★★★★
“All my images & videos were removed in 72 hours. The police said they couldn't help me. Content Removal went above and beyond.”
Shauna Smith

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