Resources for Survivors of Online Harm

Online harms such as leaking your intimate images without your consent, distributing fake images of you online, threatening to share your images if you don’t pay them, and more are devastatingly personal.

If someone is trying to hurt you online, know that you are not alone.

No matter what happened in your relationship with that person, it is NEVER ok to hurt you.

We’re here to connect you to resources to take the fight back for yourself. If you feel like you cannot tell anyone what’s happening, that’s ok. We’re here to help you fight back. You’re not alone!

You are stronger than someone trying to hurt you online.

  • Deep Fake Assistance

    Has someone posted fake images or videos of you online? AlectoAI is a service from Breeze Liu, herself a survivor of someone using her image to harm her online. Alecto prioritizes a human-centric approach to help you take your identity back.

    Learn more.

  • Cyberbullying

    Older generations grew up facing potential bullying in school. Now, our digital native generation faces a worse problem: the bullying can follow you home. Stopbullying.gov has a list of helpful links directly to social media sites to report online abuse as well as advice on what to do if you’re being bullied online.

    Stop Cyberbullying

  • Take It Down

    Take It Down is a free service offered to anyone who has had a nude, semi-nude, or otherwise sexually explicit images take of them before they turned 18 uploaded or shared online. Did you know every image online has a unique identifier? Its called a hash value, think of a digital fingerprint. Take It down uses hash values of your image to find them around the internet and take them down for you.

    Now you know something about hash values and about how to fight back.

    Take It Down

  • Disconnect from an Ex-Partner

    The Clinic to End Tech Abuse has e created a checklist of ways you may still be connected with your ex-partner. Their guide, available at the link below, helps you remove an ex-partner from your life when you’re ready.

    Learn more.

  • Social Media Privacy Guidance

    Our friends at CETA also developed a guide to help you secure your online life.

    Take Control of Your Privacy

  • Cyberharrassment

    We know you might not feel ready, comfortable, or safe to report harassment online. When you’re ready, or just want to know more about the process of reporting cyberharassment, click below for a guide.

    Documenting Cyberharassment

  • The Hotline

    The Hotline has a plan for internet safety so you can keep yourself online.

    Internet Safety Guide

If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis, you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.

You can also chat with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline here.

For more information about mental health care resources and support, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. ET, at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or email info@nami.org.