Someone is pretending to be me online
A fake account, a scam ad or a page is using your name or your photos.
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Printables
Printable sheets and templates to download
Three one-page sheets to print, post or hand out, a checklist of the evidence to keep, and our takedown request templates. Free and reusable: just credit sosdeepfake.com.
The quick sheets
To file your requests
The evidence to keep before you report
For each piece of content, tick as you go. Take your screenshots first, report afterwards.
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Takedown request templates
Text to copy.
- Template 1: General notice to a platform or host
- Template 2: DMCA takedown notice (copyright)
- Template 3: TAKE IT DOWN Act removal request (US platforms)
- Template 4: GDPR erasure request (EU and UK websites)
- Template 5: Text for Google's removal forms
- Template 6: Follow-up and appeal
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Who is it for?
Schools, councils, charities, HR teams, law firms, libraries: post them, add them to a welcome pack or your website. One condition: credit the source, sosdeepfake.com.
Licence
These sheets and templates are published under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 licence: you may copy, print, adapt and share them, including for work, as long as you credit SOS Deepfake (sosdeepfake.com).
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