Harassed on a dating app

What usually matters in this situation, and the papers to keep ready before you meet an advocate or free legal aid (call 15100).

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Your situation

Where is it happening? Dating app

Where you stand

Next step Platforms must act on complaints about intimate or impersonating content; report it there and on cybercrime.gov.in.

Do these now

List of links (URLs), usernames and phone numbers involved
Platforms and police need exact links. Where: Copy from the app or browser.

Papers to gather

Screenshots showing the content, profile name/URL, date and time
Evidence before it is deleted. Where: Your phone/computer.

You may also need, depending on your answers

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.

What the law says

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.

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Similar situations

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)

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