Protect My Face

PMF gives you peace of mind by showing you where your face appears across the internet. ✿ Use it to stay informed, or take action with a one-click takedown of photos you don't like. The choice is yours. ✿ You always had these legal rights. We just make them easier to enforce.

This will only get more common as people chase influencer money and Meta shrinks the cameras on their "smart glasses." Instagram and TikTok should adopt tech like @protectmyface that notifies you whenever your face shows up in a post you didn't know about.

ProtectMyFace,org's growth has been incredible. I expected it would resonate since people are naturally curious about where their photos end up online and who's posting them without their knowledge. But i didn't expect it to happen this fast. For anyone not getting results yet, rest assured we're growing our infrastructure every day, and it'll only get better from here.

@arc4g Our DMs are open for anyone that has questions or needs help 🤍

Bookmark this in case you ever want a photo of you removed from the internet. DM us privately and we'll handle your case end to end. We'll also help you find photos of you across the internet that you never knew about, through our private search engine. Free for urgent cases.

ProtectMyFace works on Discord as well. If you have selfies posted on random private servers by an account you don't control (e.g., a random member in the Discord reposted your photo), we can help you take it down as long as it's your photo.

The federal notice-and-removal provisions of the Take It Down Act will go into effect in about 7 hours. Platforms used to be able to ignore removal requests for nsfw ai edits using your real photos. Starting May 19, non-compliance means FTC fines up to $53,088 per image.

Get notified whenever someone posts your face on the internet without your knowledge. And get the option to take it down. Today I'm launching a passion project: protectmyface.org It's two things in one: continuously scan the internet for people posting your face, alerts you when it shows up, and the ability to take down those photos with a simple button. All in one subscription. Why would I need this? Curiosity: Most people would like to know if someone is posting their photos on random sites without their knowledge. Digital hygiene: The ability to take down those photos lets you clean your digital footprint, especially for photos you don't like. Bullying: There's a huge uptick in image-based bullying, especially with AI edits using someone's real face. Peace of mind: even if you never exercise the takedown option, just knowing it's one click away is genuinely reassuring. How does it work? You upload a simple selfie and our system creates a private vector out of it, which is just a list of numbers. That vector is your unique math. The vector can recognize when another face produces the same numbers. We scan the internet comparing your vector against images we find online, focusing on the high-risk surfaces where image abuse actually clusters: image boards like 4chan, random public hate forums, and the broader public web. When we detect a match we notify you through a simple email. Like "hey, your face appeared on 4chan, a random forum, or a profile that isn't yours. Here's the link", and a convenient button to take it down using applicable laws that fit that case. All notifications are through email so you don't have to keep checking the website. Our scanner is continuous and always growing. It's not a one-time check. You sign up once and it keeps working in the background. have the peace of mind that if someone posts your face 9 months from now on a site we just added to our coverage, you'll still get notified. Coverage compounds. CAN THIS BE USED TO STALK SOMEONE!? No. ProtectMyFace is designed from the ground up to ONLY protect your own face. We use multiple verification methods to ensure the face being uploaded belongs to the account holder, including liveness checks and ID verification on flagged accounts. Uploading someone else's face violates our terms of service and will result in account termination. We take abuse prevention seriously and actively monitor for misuse. We also don't immediately deliver search results until a few days after account creation to make sure the account holder is protecting their own face and not using it to search for someone else's. Our commitment to safety is a big differentiator between us and other services that let anyone search for photos that aren't theirs with zero safeguards. Do you have experience building something this large? Is it secure? ProtectMyFace isn't just me. It's built by Sundial, a team of privacy and identity engineers with years of experience building products where data security is non-negotiable. Our ongoing projects include Onflow and other identity products that handle critical data at scale. We bring the same standards to this project. You scan the internet? Isn't that an almost impossible task? It is. But we use clever smart crawling methods that target the most high-risk clusters of the internet and common places where image-based abuse happens most often. We also scan the general public web slowly as our infrastructure grows. So we're only getting better from here. You can also submit links to photos you want taken down directly through your dashboard. So it's not only for photos our internet scanner finds. If you already know about a post using your face, you can hand us the link and we'll handle the takedown for you.

@arc4g One more thing. If you're dealing with a serious case, harassment or bullying using your photos, please reach out. We'll help you for free.

DMCA'ing your parents posts might be a bit too much and kinda funny but it's within your rights if you own the original photo. If it's a selfie / photo you took you automatically qualify to file a DMCA. Not saying you should do it, just a fun fact

Any journalists interested in our full research into these abusive communities and the ai platforms enabling them are welcome to get in touch.

during our research 97% of the abusive AI deepfakes we found online were made with Chinese models with zero safety limits. Regulators are busy debating ChatGPT and Grok's guardrails while an unrestricted ecosystem of Chinese video generators is fueling most of the actual abuse. x.com/FT/status/2056…

Found this post while searching for people to help with PMF (for free). Unfortunately it's an old post and he deleted his account so there's no way to message him and help

So many instances of this type of issue where a post has millions of views yet the person in the photo has no idea. Imagine walking down the street and someone randomly says "yoo you're that girl from tik tok!" and you literally never posted on tik tok.

If you take a photo, you automatically own the rights to it. That means you can legally have it removed from the internet, no matter the reason. A fact not many people know. The process can be tedious though, but with PMF you can file takedowns privately with just a few clicks.

Protect My Face is officially open to early testers. We're incredibly grateful to everyone contributing testimonials and feedback during this phase. Your input is laying the foundation for a service that will benefit countless others.