Intimate Image Abuse Support

Move to safety

If there is immediate danger, contact emergency services. If it is safe, stop engaging with the threatening account, block access, and avoid meeting the person. Do not pay or provide more images, passwords, codes, or identity documents.

Preserve evidence carefully

Save the username, profile link, message thread, dates, times, payment demands, and threats. Keep evidence private and do not redistribute the intimate material. Record where content appears so a platform or support service can locate it.

Secure accounts

Change reused passwords, enable multi-factor authentication, review active sessions, restrict social profiles, and warn trusted contacts if impersonation or malicious messages are likely. Check whether email or cloud accounts show unfamiliar access.

Report the content and account

Use the platform’s reporting process and state clearly that the material was shared or threatened without consent. UK adults can contact the Revenge Porn Helpline for specialist support with reporting and removal options.

Police and specialist help

Intimate-image abuse can overlap with blackmail, stalking, harassment, coercive behaviour, and malicious communications. Police and specialist services can advise even when you are uncertain which offence may apply.

Do not blame yourself

Trusting someone or creating an image consensually does not give another person permission to share it. Seek support early and focus on practical steps rather than negotiating with the person making the threat.