Image Removal and Reporting Options

Project Arachnid

Project Arachnid is a tool that was developed by our organization, and is supported by the Government of Canada as well as the UK Government. Project Arachnid is an innovative tool to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the internet. Launched in 2017, this victim-centred tool crawls the clear and dark web in search of CSAM. When CSAM or harmful abusive content is detected, a removal request is sent to the hosting provider. Project Arachnid processes tens of thousands of images a second and is capable of detecting content at a pace that greatly exceeds traditional methods of identifying and addressing this harmful material.

Police across Canada and internationally who work within the specialized units addressing online child exploitation work closely with Cybertip\.ca and Project Arachnid to help reduce the spread of harmful images of children online.

Take it Down

Take It Down is a free service that can help you remove or stop the online sharing of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos taken of you when you were under 18 years old. You can remain anonymous while using the service and you won’t have to send your images or videos to anyone. Take It Down will work on public or unencrypted online platforms that have agreed to participate.

StopNCII.org

StopNCII.org is operated by the Revenge Porn Helpline which is part of SWGfL, an international charity that believes that everyone should benefit from technology, free from harm.

The tool works by generating a hash from your intimate image(s)/video(s). Image hashing is the process of using an algorithm to assign a unique hash value to an image. Duplicate copies of the image all have the exact same hash value. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as a ‘digital fingerprint’. StopNCII.org then shares the hash with participating companies so they can help detect and remove the images from being shared online.