The combined situation

FaceMagic is a mobile first face swap application available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The free tier supports unlimited swaps with a watermark. When FaceMagic output appears on Yandex, removal proceeds through the statutory takedown process under 47 USC 223a combined with source attribution to strengthen the legal claim.

Why this combination is high risk

FaceMagic's mobile distribution makes it accessible to minors without age verification beyond the standard app store rating. On Yandex specifically, yandex images has historically had weaker filtering than google or bing, and surfaces results that are deindexed elsewhere. this makes yandex a critical second pass for any ncii removal effort.

How removal proceeds

Yandex accepts removal requests through its abuse contact at copyright@yandex-team.ru. Yandex Images is particularly important because it indexes adult content that Google and Bing exclude. Source attribution to FaceMagic is documented through facemagic outputs include an embedded watermark in the free tier and a characteristic skin tone harmonization that adjusts the swapped face to match the source body skin tone, which strengthens the takedown notice and supports parallel legal action.