When intimate images are shared in a group chat, whether on WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, iMessage, or any other platform, every person in that group becomes a potential re-distributor. Content that starts in a private group chat commonly spreads to public forums, adult content sites, and social media within hours of the original share.

While formal legal notices cannot remove content from private encrypted chats, once group chat content reaches public platforms, ScanErase's biometric scan identifies all public locations where your images have been posted after leaving the group chat.

If you know who shared your images in the group chat, that person may be held accountable under your state's NCII statute. ScanErase's findings can support a law enforcement report against the original sharer as well as any re-distributors you can identify.

What to do right now

  1. Run a biometric scan immediatelyThe faster you identify where content has spread from the group chat, the more empowered you are to act.
  2. Find your face on public platformsScanErase identifies every public platform where your content appears.
  3. Report to platform abuse teamsFor platforms that host private group chats, report the specific group or channel through the platform's abuse tools.
  4. Document who shared the original contentIf you can identify the original sharer within the group chat, document this for a law enforcement report.
  5. Consider a police reportSharing intimate images without consent is a criminal offense in most US states regardless of whether the sharing occurred in a private group.