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Online harassment, stalking, fake profiles or leaked images
You can stop at any time. First we'll make sure the evidence is saved, then get the content taken down.
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Online harassment can be an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act. Platforms must act on complaints, and must remove intimate or morphed images within 24 hours of a complaint.
General information, not legal advice.
Papers that usually help
- Screenshots showing the content, profile name/URL, date and time
Evidence before it is deleted. - List of links (URLs), usernames and phone numbers involved
Platforms and police need exact links. - Full chat export and call log
Shows frequency and threats. - Payment demands and any payments already made
Supports extortion charges. - Platform report confirmations and cybercrime complaint number
Needed to escalate. - Report the content to the platform and at cybercrime.gov.in
Starts the takedown clock. - Proof of your identity and your genuine profile
Needed for impersonation takedowns.
Questions Saboot will ask you
- Are you safe right now?
- What is happening?
- Do you know who it is?
- Where is it happening?
- Have you reported it?
Sources
- IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 120(E), in force 20 Feb 2026 (intimate-image complaints: action within 2 hours)
- National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (MHA)
Common situations
- Someone made a fake profile of me
- Being stalked online by an ex
- Trolls abusing me in comments and DMs
- Someone blackmailing me over chats
- Harassed on a dating app
- Anonymous account spreading lies about me
- Hateful posts targeting my religion, caste or community
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