This policy explainer covers Discord's policy on non-consensual intimate imagery, including information about additional legal removal rights that may be available to people in certain regions (with or without a Discord account), depending on local law.
At Discord, we take a firm stance against the creation, posting, sharing, and distribution of sexually explicit or sexually suggestive content of other people without their knowledge or consent. More information about how Discord defines sexually explicit and suggestive content can be found in our Sexual Content Policy Explainer.
The term non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) refers to media involving a person over the age of 18 in a nude, sexually suggestive, or sexually explicit situation that was taken or created without that individual’s explicit knowledge or consent. Sometimes referred to as “revenge porn”, “non-consensual pornography”, or “image-based sexual abuse”, NCII includes:
The term non-consensual sharing or distribution of adult intimate imagery means sharing sexually explicit or suggestive media involving a person over the age of 18 without that person's knowledge or consent. The media may have been originally obtained or created with consent (for example, within the context of a private or intimate relationship), or without consent.
This policy covers the content of adults only. For content involving minors, please refer to our Teen and Child Safety Policy Explainer. You can also refer to the guidance below on legal removal rights that may be available to you depending on where you live. NCII involving children or teens will be enforced as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). For more information, please refer to our Teen and Child Safety Policy Explainer.
In order to protect victims and survivors and stop the proliferation of NCII, we will remove reported instances of this content.
We take threats to create, share, or distribute NCII on or via Discord seriously. This includes threats to share NCII unless a financial or other demand is met, which is commonly known as “sexual extortion”, or “sextortion”.
Reporting safety violations is critically important to keeping you and the broader Discord community safe. All Discord users can report policy violations in the app by following the instructions here. For more information on this policy, please reference our Community Guidelines #10.
In some regions, local laws give people (with or without a Discord account) the right to request that Discord remove real or AI-generated nude or sexually explicit images of themselves, or someone they're authorized to represent, that were shared without consent.
Where such a law applies to you, we provide a dedicated reporting process for these requests under the parameters of that law. Individuals who are not able to make a report under local laws can still submit reports of NCII through our standard in-app reporting system. Our non-consensual intimate imagery policy applies globally in addition to other legal rights you may have where you live.
For information specific to your region you can select the relevant article below:
You can find the report form at entry.everything-inc.network/report. If a legal removal process is available in your country, you'll be guided through the relevant steps there. Help and additional information on how to fill out the form can be found in our Help Center.
Requests to remove NCII depicting minors can also be made using the report form. However, please note that if Discord determines a reported image constitutes Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), we will take appropriate enforcement action. Where required, it will also be reported to the relevant authorities, such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States.
Child Sexual Abuse Material (sexual content involving anyone under the age of 18) can also be reported through our in-app reporting function. For more information, please refer to our Teen and Child Safety Policy Explainer.
If your sensitive photos have been shared or published online, there is help available, including the following resources:
StopNCII is a free tool designed to support adult victims and survivors of NCII abuse.
Take It Down is a free tool designed to support removal of online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit imagery taken before the depicted person was 18.
