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Template 1: General notice to a platform or host
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Subject: Notice of illegal / violating content, removal request

Hello,

I am reporting the following content on your service:

- Exact URL(s): [URL 1], [URL 2]
- Account that posted it: [username or profile URL]
- Date found: [date]

Reason: [pick and adapt]
- This account is impersonating me, using my name and photos without my consent.
- This is an intimate image of me shared without my consent.
- This content was generated or altered with AI and depicts me without my consent.
- This page publishes my personal information (home address, phone number) without my consent.

I am the person depicted / concerned. [Useful detail: "I never recorded this video." / "My real account is [URL]."]

[EU only: This notice is submitted under Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.]

I state in good faith that the information and allegations in this notice are accurate and complete.

Please remove or disable access to this content and let me know your decision.

Name: [ ]
Email: [ ]
Date: [ ]


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Template 2: DMCA takedown notice (copyright)
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Subject: DMCA Takedown Notice

To the designated copyright agent of [site / platform]:

1. I am the copyright owner of the following work(s): [description, with a link to the original if possible, e.g. "photos and videos posted on my account [URL]"].

2. The following material infringes my copyright and should be removed or disabled:
   - [URL 1]
   - [URL 2]

3. My contact information:
   Name: [ ]
   Postal address: [ ]
   Phone: [ ]
   Email: [ ]

4. I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

5. The information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am the owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Signature: /[Your full name]/
Date: [ ]


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Template 3: TAKE IT DOWN Act removal request (US platforms)
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Subject: TAKE IT DOWN Act removal request, non-consensual intimate image

Hello,

I am requesting removal of a non-consensual intimate visual depiction of me under the TAKE IT DOWN Act (47 U.S.C. § 223a).

1. Location of the content:
   - [URL 1]
   - [URL 2]
   [Optional: account name, post date, description without explicit detail]

2. I have a good faith belief that the intimate visual depiction identified above is not consensual. [If relevant: "It is AI-generated and depicts me." / "I never agreed to it being shared."]

3. Contact information: [email] [phone]

Please remove this content and any known identical copies within 48 hours, as the Act requires, and confirm when done.

Signature: /[Your full name]/ [or: authorized person acting on behalf of (name)]
Date: [ ]


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Template 4: GDPR erasure request (EU and UK websites)
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Subject: Request for erasure of personal data (Article 17 GDPR)

Hello,

Your website publishes personal data about me at [URL]: [my name / my photo / my home address / my phone number].

I did not consent to this and I object to this processing. Under Articles 17 and 21 of the GDPR, I ask you to erase this data and confirm that you have done so.

Under Article 12 of the GDPR, please reply within one month of receiving this request.

Name: [ ]
Email: [ ]
Date: [ ]


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Template 5: Text for Google's removal forms
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I am the person depicted / concerned. The URLs listed [contain an intimate image of me shared without my consent / contain an AI-generated sexual image falsely depicting me / publish my home address and phone number / reproduce my photos without permission].
I never consented to this. [If useful: the original page has been removed / the site has not answered my requests since (date).]
I am asking for these URLs to be removed from search results, including Google Images.


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Template 6: Follow-up and appeal
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Subject: Follow-up / appeal, case [number] from [date]

Hello,

On [date] I reported this content: [URL]. [You declined to remove it on (date) / I have had no reply.]

I am asking you to review this decision. [EU: I am using the internal complaint-handling system under Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.]

The content is still [illegal / against your policies] because: [two or three sentences, plus anything new: ID provided, link to my real account, new copies].

Please review my request and send me a reasoned decision.

Name: [ ]
Email: [ ]
Date: [ ]