If someone shares your intimate images (or threatens to)

What you can do

• Report it to An Garda Síochána. You can go to any Garda station, and you don't have to have “proof” prepared in advance.
  
  
• Report it to Hotline.ie, Ireland's service for reporting intimate image abuse, who will work with the platform to have it removed.
  
  
• Report the content directly to the platform it's on and ask for it to be removed, stating that it was shared without your consent.
  
  
• Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have a right to request erasure of your personal data, including images of you, from a platform, and a right to object to it being processed. A platform must respond to this kind of request within a month.

A note on AI-generated or “deepfake” images

• The law in this area is actively being clarified.
  
  
• There's a strong view, including from Ireland's AI Advisory Council, that existing law already covers digitally altered or AI-generated intimate images shared without consent.
  
  
• The Oireachtas is working on amending Coco's Law to put this beyond doubt.
  
  
• In practice, treat a fake or altered intimate image exactly as you would a real one: report it to Gardaí, Hotline.ie and the platform, and get advice from a solicitor or support worker on where things currently stand.