Help and Support Resources

If someone is harassing you, threatening you or sharing things about you online, you don’t have to handle it alone. The organizations below are free or low cost, and most were set up specifically to help people in your situation.

We’ve grouped them by what you need right now. Each entry says who it’s for and how to reach it. Start with the section that matches what’s happening, and come back to the others later.

Emergencies and crisis support

Being targeted online can be frightening and exhausting. If it’s affecting your sleep, your safety or your will to keep going, talk to someone today.

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: free, confidential support around the clock for anyone in the US in emotional distress or a suicidal crisis. 988lifeline.org. Call or text 988.
• Crisis Text Line: free, 24/7 support by text from a trained volunteer crisis counselor, for people in the US. crisistextline.org. Text HOME to 741741.
• Samaritans of Singapore (SOS): round-the-clock emotional support for anyone in Singapore facing a crisis or thinking about suicide. sos.org.sg. Call 1767, or WhatsApp 9151 1767.
• Befrienders Worldwide: a global network of emotional support centers with a directory to help you find a confidential helpline in your country. befrienders.org

Intimate images shared without consent

If private photos or videos of you have been shared, or someone is threatening to share them, these services can help you get them blocked and removed. You don’t need to send your images to anyone.

• StopNCII.org: a free tool for adults that creates a digital fingerprint (hash) of your intimate images on your own device, so participating platforms can detect and block them. For images taken when you were 18 or over. stopncii.org
• Take It Down: a free service from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that works the same way for images or videos taken before you turned 18. You can use it anonymously. takeitdown.ncmec.org
• Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) Image Abuse Helpline: free support, information and referrals for adults in the US facing nonconsensual intimate images, sextortion or sexually explicit deepfakes. cybercivilrights.org. Call 844-878-2274.
• Revenge Porn Helpline: advice and removal support for adults in the UK experiencing intimate image abuse, run by the charity SWGfL. revengepornhelpline.org.uk. Call 0345 6000 459 (weekdays, office hours).

Our guide on removing intimate images shared without consent walks through Google’s removal form and the platform reporting routes step by step.

Children and teens

If the person being harmed is under 18, report it. You won’t get in trouble for asking for help, even if you shared the image yourself.

• NCMEC CyberTipline: the US national reporting system for online child sexual exploitation, including sextortion and explicit images of minors. report.cybertip.org. Call 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST), 24 hours a day.
• Take It Down: see above. Teens can use it themselves, and parents can use it on a child’s behalf. takeitdown.ncmec.org

For parents, our guide to protecting your child’s online reputation covers the longer-term steps.

Harassment, threats and stalking

• Right To Be: a US nonprofit offering free training on responding to harassment, plus a space to share your story and get support. Its Expert Voices Together program supports journalists and researchers facing online abuse. righttobe.org
• PEN America Online Harassment Field Manual: a free, practical guide to preparing for and responding to online abuse, doxxing and trolling. Written for writers and journalists, but useful for anyone. onlineharassmentfieldmanual.pen.org
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: free, confidential 24/7 support in the US if the person harassing you is a current or former partner, including help with safety planning. thehotline.org. Call 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788.
• Safety Net Project (NNEDV): tech safety guides from the National Network to End Domestic Violence on spyware, location tracking and securing your accounts when an abuser has access to your devices. techsafety.org
• VictimConnect Resource Center: a confidential US helpline for victims of any crime, including stalking, offering support and referrals to local services. victimconnect.org. Call or text 1-855-484-2846.
• Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC): free stalking documentation logs and victim handbooks. SPARC doesn’t work with victims directly, but its materials help you record incidents for police or a lawyer. stalkingawareness.org

Our guide on what to do about online harassment explains how to document what’s happening and report it effectively.

Doxxing, identity theft and scams

• IdentityTheft.gov: the Federal Trade Commission’s site for reporting identity theft in the US and getting a personal recovery plan. identitytheft.gov
• Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC): a nonprofit that gives free one-to-one help to victims of identity theft, fraud and scams in the US. idtheftcenter.org. Call or text 888-400-5530 (weekday business hours, Pacific time).
• FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): the FBI’s reporting hub for cyber-enabled crime, such as fraud, account takeovers and extortion. ic3.gov
• ReportFraud.ftc.gov: the FTC’s site for reporting scams, fraud and bad business practices in the US. reportfraud.ftc.gov

If your address or phone number has been posted, our guide on what to do if you have been doxxed covers the first 24 hours, and our guide to removing personal information from Google explains the removal requests.

Singapore

• Online Safety Commission (OSC): a government agency, operating since June 2026, where victims in Singapore can report online harassment, doxxing, online stalking, intimate image abuse and image-based child abuse. osc.gov.sg
• Singapore Police Force e-services: lodge a police report online for crimes that don’t need an immediate police response. police.gov.sg/e-services. For emergencies, call 999 or SMS 70999.
• SHECARES: a support center for victims of online harms, run by SG Her Empowerment, offering a helpline, counseling and free legal clinics. Formerly SHECARES@SCWO. she.org.sg/shecares-scwo. Call 800 101 4616, or WhatsApp 8985 5528.
• Samaritans of Singapore (SOS): 24-hour emotional support. sos.org.sg. Call 1767.
• National Mindline 1771: 24-hour mental health support for anyone in Singapore, a joint initiative of the Ministry of Health, the National Council of Social Service, the Ministry of Social and Family Development and the Institute of Mental Health. mindline.sg. Call 1771, or WhatsApp +65 6669 1771.
• National Anti-Violence and Sexual Harassment Helpline (NAVH): a 24-hour helpline run by the Ministry of Social and Family Development for reporting family violence, abuse or neglect and seeking help, for yourself or someone you know. msf.gov.sg/what-we-do/break-the-silence. Call 1800 777 0000.

UK and Europe

• Report Harmful Content: a UK service from SWGfL and the UK Safer Internet Centre that explains each platform’s rules and links you to the right reporting tool. reportharmfulcontent.com
• Revenge Porn Helpline: support for adults in the UK facing intimate image abuse. revengepornhelpline.org.uk

If you live in the EU, you may also be able to ask search engines to delist some results about you under the GDPR’s right to erasure.

Legal help

• LawHelp.org: a free directory of nonprofit legal aid organizations in every US state, with plain-language information about your rights. lawhelp.org
• Legal Aid Bureau (Singapore): the Ministry of Law’s agency providing legal help in civil matters for people who pass a means test. lab.mlaw.gov.sg
• Community Justice Centre (Singapore): a charity that helps people going to court without a lawyer, with practical support and self-help tools. cjc.org.sg

How we can help

The organizations above handle safety, support and reporting. Where we can help is with what stays in search results afterward: the posts, pages and images that show up when someone searches your name.

Our guides explain each removal route in detail, so you can do the work yourself. We’re also building a free Name Scanner that will find harmful results about you and draft removal requests for you to send yourself. It’s launching soon, and it will be free to use.

If you’d like a person to look at your situation, you can ask for a free reputation audit.

Frequently asked questions

Should I report online harassment to the police?

If you’ve been threatened, stalked, doxxed or had intimate images shared, it’s worth making a report. Even when police can’t act right away, a report creates an official record that helps with platform complaints, protective orders and any later legal action.

Will these organizations charge me?

The services listed here are free to contact. Some, like legal aid, have eligibility rules, so check each organization’s site for details.

We aren’t affiliated with any of these organizations, and a listing isn’t an endorsement. Details were checked against each organization’s own website as of September 2026.