Is this image misuse?
Click on the scenarios and find out what to do
Scenario 1: Intimate photo shared
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Scenario 2: Partner abuse online
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Scenario 3: Religious coverings
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Scenario 4: An ad with your photo
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Photos of you wearing your religious covering have been edited and shared in a community group chat to make it look like you are not wearing it. You feel violated and exposed. A friend tells you "nothing can be done because it's not a real intimate photo".
Stay quiet as you don't want to draw more attention to it. Ask a friend to respond in the group chat on your behalf. Take a screenshot, report it to the platform, and consider a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
Under Australian law, images of a person without their usual cultural or religious clothing (such as hijabs or turbans), shared without consent, are explicitly covered as image-based abuse. If the image also targets your religion, race, or cultural identity, you can lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
⚖️C. Report the image
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Your partner has been sharing intimate images of you with their friends without your consent. You are still living together and are afraid of what they will do if you report them.
Call 1800RESPECT for safety support and consider applying for a protection order, in addition to reporting the images. Do nothing until you move out as you think it's safer to wait. Speak to a lawyer before doing anything else, as you think you need legal advice before you can report.
If image misuse is committed by a domestic partner, you can apply for a protection order under State or Territory law. This can legally require the person to stop contacting you and may help get the images removed.
Waiting allows the harm to continue and makes it harder to gather evidence later.
⚖️A. Contact 1800RESPECT
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You discover an intimate photo of you has been posted on Facebook without your consent. You feel panicked. You know who posted it and you have the link to the post.
Message the person immediately and demand they take it down. Screenshot the image, the URL, the poster's username, and the date, then use Facebook's in-app 'Report' button to request removal. Delete your own social media accounts so people can't find you.
📩 B: Report to Facebook.
Document: Screenshot the image, URL, username, and date. Save securely without editing. Report: Use the platform’s reporting tool. Most act within 24-48 hours. Escalate: If needed, report to the eSafety Commissioner for a removal order.
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You find your photo being used in an advertisement on Instagram. You never agreed to this. The ad suggests you recommend a fitness product. You feel humiliated and your friends are asking you about it.
Screenshot the ad and the URL immediately, report to Instagram, and consider a complaint to the ACCC or OAIC. Do nothing as it's just an ad and not an intimate image, so you think the law can't help you. Message the business directly and ask them to stop the ad.
⚖️A. Screenshot and report
Using your photo in an ad without permission is unlawful in Australia. Document: screenshot the ad, URL and account name. Report: to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (misleading endorsement), and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (use of your image without consent).
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What to do if someone uses your photo online without consent: 2
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Transcript
Is this image misuse?
Click on the scenarios and find out what to do
Scenario 1: Intimate photo shared
📷
Scenario 2: Partner abuse online
📷
Scenario 3: Religious coverings
📷
Scenario 4: An ad with your photo
📷
Photos of you wearing your religious covering have been edited and shared in a community group chat to make it look like you are not wearing it. You feel violated and exposed. A friend tells you "nothing can be done because it's not a real intimate photo".
Stay quiet as you don't want to draw more attention to it. Ask a friend to respond in the group chat on your behalf. Take a screenshot, report it to the platform, and consider a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
Under Australian law, images of a person without their usual cultural or religious clothing (such as hijabs or turbans), shared without consent, are explicitly covered as image-based abuse. If the image also targets your religion, race, or cultural identity, you can lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).
⚖️C. Report the image
What should you do?
Title
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Subtitle
Click to reveal answer
Your partner has been sharing intimate images of you with their friends without your consent. You are still living together and are afraid of what they will do if you report them.
Call 1800RESPECT for safety support and consider applying for a protection order, in addition to reporting the images. Do nothing until you move out as you think it's safer to wait. Speak to a lawyer before doing anything else, as you think you need legal advice before you can report.
If image misuse is committed by a domestic partner, you can apply for a protection order under State or Territory law. This can legally require the person to stop contacting you and may help get the images removed. Waiting allows the harm to continue and makes it harder to gather evidence later.
⚖️A. Contact 1800RESPECT
What should you do?
Title
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Subtitle
Click to reveal answer
You discover an intimate photo of you has been posted on Facebook without your consent. You feel panicked. You know who posted it and you have the link to the post.
Message the person immediately and demand they take it down. Screenshot the image, the URL, the poster's username, and the date, then use Facebook's in-app 'Report' button to request removal. Delete your own social media accounts so people can't find you.
📩 B: Report to Facebook.
Document: Screenshot the image, URL, username, and date. Save securely without editing. Report: Use the platform’s reporting tool. Most act within 24-48 hours. Escalate: If needed, report to the eSafety Commissioner for a removal order.
Title
What should you do?
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Subtitle
Click to reveal answer
You find your photo being used in an advertisement on Instagram. You never agreed to this. The ad suggests you recommend a fitness product. You feel humiliated and your friends are asking you about it.
Screenshot the ad and the URL immediately, report to Instagram, and consider a complaint to the ACCC or OAIC. Do nothing as it's just an ad and not an intimate image, so you think the law can't help you. Message the business directly and ask them to stop the ad.
⚖️A. Screenshot and report
Using your photo in an ad without permission is unlawful in Australia. Document: screenshot the ad, URL and account name. Report: to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (misleading endorsement), and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (use of your image without consent).
What should you do?
Title
Use this side to give more information about a topic.
Subtitle
Click to reveal answer