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Someone made a deepfake or morphed photo of me

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

What is happening? They are fake / AI-made / morphed

Where you stand

In your favour Platforms must remove intimate or morphed images within 2 hours of your complaint.
Next step If a platform ignores you, its Grievance Officer and then the Grievance Appellate Committee are the next steps.

Do these now

Report to the platform (choose "nudity / non-consensual / impersonation")
They must act within 2 hours for this kind of content. Where: Report button in the app.
Complaint on cybercrime.gov.in or at the police station
Starts investigation and lets police order takedowns. Where: cybercrime.gov.in (you can report anonymously in this section)
Use StopNCII.org to block the image on partner platforms
Works without sending the actual image. Where: stopncii.org

Papers to gather

Links (URLs) and usernames where it is posted or sent from
Platforms remove by link; police trace accounts by username. Where: Copy from the app (Share → Copy link).
Screenshots of threats and demands, with date and time
Proves the crime even if they delete it. Where: Your chats.
An original photo of you that was used (for fakes)
Shows the morph or deepfake. Where: Your gallery or public profile.

What the law says

IT Rules (amended, in force from 20 February 2026): platforms must remove non-consensual intimate images, including AI-made or morphed ones, within 2 hours of a complaint. Sharing such images is a crime under the IT Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Report on cybercrime.gov.in (women and child safety section) or 1930.

General information, not legal advice.

Saboot will also ask

Are you safe right now?
Do you know who is doing it?
Were you under 18 in the images?

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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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