Useful international websites
If you don’t ordinarily reside in Australia, here are some resources from other countries which may be helpful if you have experienced image-based abuse.
Image-based abuse (also known as ‘revenge porn’) happens when someone shares or posts an intimate image or video of you without your consent. If you have experienced this and you normally live in another country, there are a number of international websites offering advice and support. For information about image-based abuse in 12 other languages, please see our help in other languages page.
Global support
Digital Millenium Copyright Act Services
A commercial service that provides its customers with a variety of tools to help victims of image-based abuse and copyright infringement. They also provide a take-down service for a fee. Here is DCMA’s guide on how to stop compromising pictures of you being published online.
Facebook also provides a list of international organisations which support people who experience image-based abuse.
Support by country
Canada
Helps teens in Canada stop the spread of sexual pictures or videos and provides support along the way.
A project funded by Status of Women Canada, YWCA Canada and partners, who are working to create a safer digital world for girls and young women.
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection
Operates Cybertip.ca, Canada’s tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children, and includes information and support for victims of image-based abuse.
A multi-award winning anti-cyberbullying non-profit organisation, committed to tackling all forms of digital abuse and bullying online.
France
Right to the image (Droit à l’image)
French government website explaining the legal rights an individual has to his or her image, as well as pathways to request the removal of an image.
India
Works to facilitate women’s empowerment and social justice through capacity building and training-related activities in India
Japan
A not-for-profit organisation that aims to foster a safer internet environment for all, which operates a reporting service and gives advice on how to remove sexually explicit photos from the internet.
New Zealand
An independent not-for-profit organisation focused on online safety providing online safety help, support, expertise and education to residents of New Zealand.
Taiwan
Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation
Offers free legal consultation services to victims of image-based abuse and works closely with lawyers to provide this advice. The Foundation also operates a hotline staffed by social workers.
UK
Provides advice and support to victims of image-based abuse, including information about what to do, and assurance that police recognise ‘revenge porn’ as a serious form of abuse.
This is the UK’s only dedicated service supporting adults who have been victims of image-based abuse.
Non-profit offering help and support to victims of image-based abuse, including the ‘Together we can stop it’ community education campaign.
This site from Scottish Women’s Aid is a safe space for women to share their story and raise awareness of how Women’s Aid can help with links to local women’s aid groups.
Victims of Internet Crime: Speak Out!
A victim-led site to empower people who have experienced image-based abuse to share their stories and access support.
An independent charity for people affected by crime and traumatic events in England and Wales, providing individual, independent, emotional and practical help.
US
Attorney General’s Cyber Exploitation Task Force
Part of the State of California’s Department of Justice, this website offers the resources to combat cyber exploitation.
A network of individuals assisting victims of online abuse, including image-based abuse. Includes do it yourself guides and an interactive cybersecurity helper.
A non-profit organisation serving thousands of victims around the world and advocating for technological, social and legal innovation to fight online abuse.
A non-profit organisation working to help end online harassment. It has a secure and moderated platform for people who have experienced image-based abuse to tell their story.
A website that gives information to victims of image-based abuse, including how to issue DMCA take down notices.
A non-profit organisation that has developed educational materials on online harassment, as well as a resource guide ‘Something Can Be Done!’ to assist victims of image-based abuse. WMC also trains lawyers, law enforcement and advocates on online harassment.