For Colleges & Universities
Your Campus Is Already Dealing With This
Whatever it's called, you can get help — and it's never your fault.
of college students experience image-based sexual abuse during their undergraduate years
teens surveyed have experienced sextortion
have had a deepfake nude made of them without their consent
Sources: Wake Forest University Safe Office, citing Branch, Eaton & Ruvalcaba (2017) and Henry, McGlynn, Flynn, Johnson, Powell & Scott (2024); Thorn, “Sexual Extortion & Young People” and “Deepfake Nudes & Young People” (2025 surveys of young people ages 13–20).
For Students
If This Is Happening to You Right Now
Maybe someone shared images of you without your permission. Maybe a deepfake of you is circulating in a group chat. Maybe someone's threatening to post something unless you pay them or send more. Whatever it is, you don't need to have it figured out before you reach out to us.
You do not need to file a Title IX complaint, talk to campus police, or tell anyone at your school to get our help. You can do all of that later, or never — that's your call, not ours. What we can do right now: help you get images removed from wherever they are, walk you through your options, and connect you with people trained to support you. At no cost, and without your name going anywhere you haven't agreed to.
This might be for you if:
- Someone shared or threatened to share intimate images or video of you without your consent
- Someone made, or is threatening to make, a deepfake or AI-altered image of you
- You're being pressured or blackmailed — for money, more images, or contact — commonly called sextortion
- You don't know how something spread, or how many places it's been posted, and you don't know where to start
You can submit your case through our online form any time, day or night. Our advocates respond Monday–Thursday, 9am–5pm ET, and we'll get back to you as soon as we're back if you reach out outside those hours. If you're in immediate danger, call 911 (U.S.) or your local emergency number.
You may also want to read survivor stories from students and others who've been through this or our community's own writing on healing and takedowns.
For Campus Offices
If You Support Students — Title IX, CAPS, Res Life, and Beyond
Image-based sexual abuse moves faster than most campus policies were built to handle, and it rarely arrives labeled clearly as a Title IX matter, a mental health crisis, or a conduct issue — usually it's some combination of all three, and it lands on whichever office a student trusts enough to tell first. We're built to work alongside whichever office that is.
We're not a replacement for your Title IX process, your CAPS team, or your public safety office. We're a free, confidential layer that can move on image removal immediately, without waiting on any internal process, while your existing systems do what they're built to do.
Trainings, built around your team
We offer trainings tailored to your office — a session for Title IX staff, a workshop for resident assistants, an orientation module for incoming students, or something built specifically around what your campus is seeing. Every training looks different because every campus is different. Tell us what your team needs, and we'll build toward it.
Referring a student
If a student comes to you, you can point them directly to thedigitalidentityfoundation.org/campuses or connect them with us yourself. With the student's consent, we can coordinate with your office on next steps — but we will never share what a student tells us without their permission, and a student never has to go through your office to reach us, or vice versa.
This isn't legal guidance on your school's Title IX or Clery Act obligations — loop in your legal counsel for that. We're here for the part a specialized team can move fastest on: getting images down and supporting the student through it.
Partnership
Who we typically work alongside
- Title IX Coordinators & Offices
- Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Campus Health Services
- Dean of Students / Student Conduct
- Campus Public Safety & Police
- Residence Life & Resident Assistants
- Greek Life Advisors
- LGBTQ+ Resource Centers
- International Student Services
- Multicultural & Student Affairs Centers
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What is sextortion?
Sextortion is when someone threatens to share — or fabricate — sexual images or video of you unless you pay them, send more images, or do something else they're demanding. It's a crime, and it's not your fault, whether or not you sent an image first.
What is a deepfake?
A deepfake is a fabricated photo or video, usually made with AI, that makes it look like someone did or said something they never did — including sexually explicit content the person never created or agreed to. You don't have to have taken a real photo for a deepfake to be made of you.
What is revenge porn / NCII?
“Revenge porn” — more accurately called non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) or image-based sexual abuse — is any sharing of intimate images or video without the consent of the person shown, regardless of the sharer's motive or relationship to that person.
Do I have to report to my school or the police to get help?
No. You can get help from us regardless of whether you ever file anything with your school, the police, or anyone else. Reporting is always your choice.
Is this free?
Yes — for students, and for campus offices requesting trainings.
Print & Share
Download our campus flier
A one-page flier students and staff can print and post — in residence halls, health centers, Title IX offices, Greek houses, and student unions. It covers sextortion, deepfake abuse, and non-consensual intimate imagery, what your rights are, and how to reach us.
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