3) Report Offensive Content on Social Media – How to report? [Reference: solidground.sg] This is a guide to taking down intimate images or videos that have been shared online without consent. It also provides information on what you can do to limit access to these materials if they cannot be taken down. a. Record locations: take note of the URLs where your images are being shared. Preserve evidence by taking screenshots of each webpage or downloading the webpage as PDFs. b. Report directly to trusted platforms. Most mainstream platforms have clear policies against the distribution of intimate images and will have a dedicated reporting tool that you can use to report your intimate images and request for their removal. The following are some common platforms and how you can submit a report. •
Facebook Facebook has a strict policy against the display of nudity or sexual activity. This also applies to digitally created content (e.g. photoshopped images or videos), unless the content was posted for educational, humorous or satirical purposes. Facebook only provides options for reporting from within their app/site, i.e. by using a Facebook account. If you do not have an account, you can make a new one or ask a friend to report this content for you. To report: • From within the Facebook app/site, click ⋯ (usually located in the top-right corner of the photo, post or profile) • Click Find Support or Report • For Please select a problem > Nudity then Sharing Private Images • Click Next • For Before you report this post, does it go against our Community Standards on nudity or sexual activity? > Yes, I’d like to continue filing this report • Click Next to submit your report. • Facebook will then review your report and inform you of the outcome via your Support Inbox. To find your Support Inbox: • On desktop/web browser: click in the top-right corner of your screen > Help & Support > Support Inbox > Reports about others • On Android devices: click in the top-right corner of your screen > scroll to the bottom to find Support Inbox > Reports about others • On iOS devices: click or your profile image in the bottom-right corner of your screen > scroll to the bottom to find Help & Support > Support Inbox > Reports about others • In most cases, if Facebook thinks that the image violates their Community Standards, Facebook will also disable the account of the person who shared the image. They will also try to prevent it from being re-shared by using a photo-matching technology to ‘remember’ this image.
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