Fapello and Coomer.party: How to Get Your Content Removed

Fapello and Coomer.party are aggregator sites that host intimate images and videos sourced from other platforms without the subjects' consent. Both have grown substantially over the past two years. Both are covered by the legal framework that came into effect in April 2026.

This post explains what these sites are, which removal mechanisms apply, what a valid notice requires, and what happens when the sites ignore one.

What These Sites Are

Fapello hosts content primarily sourced from OnlyFans and similar creator platforms. It operates through a combination of user uploads and scraping. Creators appear on the site under their names and usernames, often with their full content libraries indexed, whether or not they ever agreed to be listed there.

Coomer.party is a scraping archive that automatically pulls and indexes content from OnlyFans, Fansly, and other subscription platforms. Much of the content is gathered automatically rather than through direct uploads. The site maintains archives that update on an ongoing basis from active creator accounts.

Both sites have well over 100,000 users. Both are accessible to people in the United States. Under the Take It Down Act (47 U.S.C. 223a), that makes them covered platforms, legally required to remove content within 48 hours of a valid notice.

Why Standard Abuse Reports Do Not Work Here

Fapello and Coomer.party do not have standard moderation queues that function the way large social platforms do. A generic abuse report or contact form message goes into a queue with no statutory timeline attached to it. The platform can ignore it or respond on whatever schedule it chooses.

A Section 223a notice is different. It is a legal instrument that starts a hard 48-hour clock. If the platform misses that deadline, it has violated federal law, not just its own policies. The distinction matters both for speed and for what happens if the platform does not comply.

How the Take It Down Act Applies to These Sites

The statute requires covered platforms to maintain a clear and accessible mechanism for submitting Section 223a notices and to remove reported intimate content within 48 hours of receiving a valid one. It also requires them to make reasonable efforts to prevent the same content from being reuploaded after removal.

The content covered includes images and videos that depict an identifiable individual in a state of nudity or in sexually explicit conduct, without that person's consent. This covers real photos that were distributed without permission and AI-generated images depicting someone's likeness. It does not require that the content originated from a hack or a breach. Content distributed by a third party without the subject's consent falls within the statute regardless of how it was originally created.

What a Valid Notice Requires

A Section 223a notice to Fapello or Coomer.party must include:

• The specific URL of each piece of content you are reporting
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that you are the person depicted or are acting on their behalf
• A statement that you did not consent to the distribution of the content
• Your contact information

Missing any of these elements gives the platform grounds to reject the notice without starting the 48-hour clock. The notice also needs to reach the platform's designated legal contact rather than a general inbox. A valid notice sent to the wrong address does not start the clock and requires you to file again.

Copyright Claims in Parallel

Creators who own the copyright in their content should file DMCA takedowns in parallel with the Section 223a notice. Copyright gives you a separate legal basis for removal and can result in delisting from search engines as well.

The practical limitation is the DMCA counter-notice process, which adds 10 to 14 business days before the platform is required to act on a disputed takedown. Section 223a operates on a 48-hour timeline regardless of whether a counter-notice is filed.

If the content is AI-generated and you do not hold copyright in it, Section 223a is the primary path. Copyright in that situation does not apply because you did not create the image.

What Happens If the Site Ignores a Valid Notice

If a covered platform fails to remove content within 48 hours of a valid Section 223a notice:

1. You can file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC enforces noncompliance as an unfair or deceptive act under Section 5 of the FTC Act. Civil penalties can reach $50,120 per violation, and FTC enforcement actions create public compliance pressure on the platform.

1. You can bring a private federal civil action against the platform. Statutory damages are $150,000 per violation plus attorney fees. The platform cannot invoke Section 230 immunity as a defense for the specific content that was subject to a valid notice.

The documented record of a properly filed notice is the evidence in either proceeding. Platforms that initially ignored notices have reversed course after being shown a documented filing with the statutory citations and damage amounts.

The Search Indexing Problem After Removal

Removal from the source site does not automatically remove the URL from search engine results. Google and other engines may cache the page or retain the URL in their index for days or weeks after the content comes down. Someone searching for the content can still find the indexed URL even after the page itself returns a 404.

Filing a Google Images removal request for URLs that have been taken down from the source is a separate step. It is worth doing alongside the initial notices to minimize the window during which the content is discoverable through search.

How ScanErase Handles Aggregator Sites

ScanErase scans over 2.4 billion indexed face embeddings to find every instance of your likeness across the web, including on Fapello, Coomer.party, and similar aggregators. For each instance found:

• A compliant Section 223a notice is generated with the specific URL and the required statutory language
• The correct legal contact for that platform is identified
• All notices go out simultaneously
• Each notice includes the 48-hour deadline and the $150,000 statutory damages provision for noncompliance

After removal, ScanErase also files search engine delisting requests for the affected URLs.

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