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What do I do if someone is harassing me, or threatening to share intimate photos or videos of me?

Please remember that it's unsafe to share intimate photos or videos with strangers. Avoiding this helps to protect yourself from potential blackmail/threats in the future.
Don't be a victim of threatening, as the other person may use your photos to other purposes, such as requiring you to send money or sharing the photos on other websites.

The safest thing to do is never share intimate photos or videos with anyone (or anything else that you don't want other people seeing), even if you feel very close to the person asking for them. You have the right to say 'No' - you can tell that person that it makes you feel uncomfortable.

If someone is threatening to share intimate photos, videos or other private content of yours, here are a few options we suggest you to do:

• Contact your local law enforcement, with all the information you can gather of this user, such as Address, Bank Account information, Phone number, etc...
• Report and Block the user on SimilarWorlds.
• Ask a lawyer/counselor for advice.
• Talk with a victim advocate or social worker in your town or city. If you are a user in the US, call the National Organization for Victim Assistance at 1-800-879-6682 or https://trynova.org/ .

If you are being harassed, harmed online, or intimate contents of yours have been already shared without your consent, these organizations should be able to provide support:

• • Safer Net
  • https://www.saferinternet.at

• • Child Focus
  • http://www.childfocus.be/fr/exploitation-sexuelle/sextortion

• • Safernet
  • http://www.safernet.org.br/site/webline

• • Kids Help Phone
  • https://kidshelpphone.ca
  • MediaSmarts
  • http://mediasmarts.ca
  • YWCA Canada
  • http://ywcacanada.ca/en

• • HRABRI Telefon
  • http://www.hrabritelefon.hr
  • 116 111
  • Center for Missing and Exploited Children
  • https://www.csi.hr
  • 0800 606 606

• • Cyber Ethics
  • http://www.cyberethics.info/gr/

• • Cyber Ethics
  • http://www.cyberethics.info/gr/
  • Czech Safer Internet Centre
  • http://www.saferinternet.cz

• • Bornetelefonen
  • https://bornetelefonen.dk
  • 116 111
  • Red Barnet
  • https://redbarnet.dk

• • Naisten Linja
  • https://www.naistenlinja.fi
  • 0800 02400
  • Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto
  • Chat: Open from Monday to Wednesday, 17:00 - 20:00
  • https://www.nuortennetti.fi
  • 116 111

• • Net Ecoute
  • http://www.netecoute.fr
  • 0800 200 000
  • Stop violences femmes
  • http://www.stop-violences-femmes.gouv.fr

• • klicksafe
  • http://www.klicksafe.de
  • N.I.N.A. (Nationale Infoline, Netzwerk und Anlaufstelle zu sexueller Gewalt an Mädchen und Jungen)
  • http://www.nina-info.de/hilfetelefon.html
  • 0800 22 55 530 (The Independent Commissioner for Child Sexual Abuse Issues)
  • Innocence en Danger
  • http://www.innocenceindanger.de/hilfehotlines/
  • +49 (0) 30 33007549 (counseling line)
  • +49 (0) 30 33007538 (regular line)

• • Hamogelo
  • https://www.hamogelo.gr/gr/el/home/
  • 1056

• • Centre for Social Research
  • http://www.csrindia.org

• • ISPCC Childline
  • https://www.childline.ie
  • Women's Aid
  • https://www.womensaid.ie
  • 1800 341 900

• • Eran
  • http://www.eran.org.il

• • Telefono Azzurro
  • http://www.azzurro.it
  • 19696

• • Childline Kenya
  • http://www.childlinekenya.co.ke/index.php
  • 254724555251

• • BEE Secure
  • https://www.bee-secure.lu

• • Fundación Sofia
  • https://www.facebook.com/Fundaci%C3%B3n-Sof%C3%ADa-M%C3%A9xico-397241687117839
  • https://twitter.com/SofiaFundacion

• • Blijf Groep
  • https://www.blijfgroep.nl
  • 088 234 24 50
  • Help Wanted
  • https://www.helpwanted.nl
  • de Kindertelefoon
  • https://www.kindertelefoon.nl

• • Kors på halsen (for children and youth under 18)
  • https://www.korspahalsen.no
  • 800 33 321

• • 116 111 Telefon Zaufania dla Dzieci i Młodzieży (Fundacja Dajemy Dzieciom Siłę)
  • https://116111.pl
  • Chat: https://116111.pl/artykul/czat
  • 116 111

• • Internet Segura
  • http://www.internetsegura.pt
  • 800 21 90 90

• • Center for Justice and Crime Prevention
  • 021 685 2659

• • Fundación Anar
  • https://www.anar.org
  • Pantallas Amigas
  • http://www.pantallasamigas.net

• • Bris
  • https://www.bris.se
  • 0771 50 50 50

• • The UK Safer Internet Centre
  • https://www.saferinternet.org.uk
  • Revenge Porn Helpline
  • https://revengepornhelpline.org.uk
  • 0345 600 0459
  • Women's Aid
  • https://www.womensaid.org.uk
  • 0808 2000 247

• • La Strada Ukraine (National hotline for preventing domestic violence, human trafficking and gender discrimination)
  • https://www.facebook.com/childhotline.ukraine/ (children's helpline)
  • 0 800 500 225 (free throughout Ukraine)
  • 116 111 (free of charge from mobile phones, open Monday - Friday, 12:00 to 20:00 and Saturday, 12:00 to 16:00)
  • https://www.facebook.com/lastradaukraine/ (adult helpline)
  • 0 800 500 335 (free throughout Ukraine)
  • 386 (free of charge from mobile phones, open 24 hours a day)

• • Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
  • https://www.cybercivilrights.org
  • 844 878 2274
  • National Network to End Domestic Violence
  • https://nnedv.org

• • Acoso.Online
  • https://acoso.online

• • Love Is Respect
  • http://www.loveisrespect.org
  • Without My Consent
  • http://www.withoutmyconsent.org