How to remove your photos from AWDTSG correctly
How to remove a post about me in Are We Dating The Same Guys Facebook Groups
-- IMPORTANT UPDATE: 6-23-23 -- Be sure to first report the post and comments for harassment, invasion of privacy or doxing, where applicable. REPORT TO FACEBOOK, NOT TO THE GROUP ADMINS.
Then report your local group for harassment (and select which of your facebook friends is being harassed) as well as the moderators, admins and member who posted you! DO THIS BEFORE SUBMITTED YOUR DMCA TAKEDOWN REQUEST!
You will often need to request a second review from your support inbox (described in the link below) and I encourage you to appeal to the oversight committee with a title of "Are We Dating The Same Guy Solicits Invasion Of Privacy". Read this link and take these actions before submitting a DMCA take down request. https://www.reddit.com/r/AWDTSGisToxic/comments/14g9nk5/facebook_reporting_and_oversight_committee_appeal/
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About the DMCA Safe Harbor Take Down Form
When you take a photograph, you are deemed the copyright owner the moment it is created. As most AWDTSG posts include photos taken from social media, dating apps, or pictures you have created yourself, you are the copyright owner.
DMCA has a feature that is sometimes criticized as "Guilty until proven innocent". This means the publisher of your photo has the burden of proof to demonstrate ownership. Facebook participates in DMCA Safe Harbor, and treats copyright take down requests in a streamlined fashion. This is a fully automated system but will often be reviewed by a human.
If you fill out the form correctly and respond to subsequent emails correctly, it can be removed in an hour or two. **Over the past day I have heard reports of this process taking up to 7 days. There is specific language that will be added soon, once verified, that may speed up this process.**
Do not spam this system or trying to submit DMCA claims for multiple people. Meta's systems are mature enough to block you. Only concern yourself with your own claim.
When you submit the report, the original poster receives a strict warning, discouraging them from using your work. If person posting your content receives subsequent takedown notices their account can be disabled or banned per facebook's policies.
Start here: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/copyrightform
I recommend performing these action from a computer, rather than a mobile device.
Select or enter these options (screen shot example below)
- You are the rights owner
- Use your real First and Last Name
- Use the email address you have on file with Facebook (bare in mind this can be forwarded to the group admins and the original member who posted it). You also need to be able to respond to email here as this is usually part of the process
- Physical address you can receive mail at
- **This info may be shared with the person who posted your image and the group itself. This is not a guarantee, but you should plan accordingly with the info you use above**
Scroll down the page to continue, using these options:
- Use your real first and last name, as it appears in your facebook profile, under the "Name of rights owner"
- For "Which of these best describes your content type": select "Photo"
- Select the content type as "Photo, video or post"
- For "Please provide a URL to your copyrighted work:" This is to demonstrate your orignal work (your photo) via a link that is publicly accessible.If you have a link to this photo on your facebook profile that is publicly accessible, use that. If you understand how to publish a public link from google drive or another photo sharing service, use that. It must be publicly accessible and not require a login.
- Please provide URL's leading to the specific content you are reporting: (This is the URL to the post that is targeting you) It is very important you provide the actual link to the entire post that contains your content, not a sharable permalink. Also, if you link to the photo, it will be removed from the post without removing the post and comments. Use the direct URL to the post so that the entire post and comments will be removed.
- Do not use a permalink to the post as this can slow or defer automation. Have a group member click on the time and date stamp of the post. This brings you to a URL specific to the post. Copy and paste that from the browser bar to this field. When your request is approved, it will remove the content at this link.
Scroll further and enter these options:
- For "Describe why you are reporting this content" drop down the menu and select "This content copies my work
- VERY IMPORTANT. Keep this short and sweet and don't waste time talking about how upset you are that you were slandered. This can get you referred to another department that you already know is a dead end. Use something along the lines of my example text.
- Enter a VARIATION of this text. Do not copy and paste. "I am requesting this post and photo be removed from this facebook group. This is a photo I created and I am the copyright owner. I did not and do not authorize its use in this facebook group or anywhere else. Thank you!"
- Have someone download the actual images from the facebook post you are in. Attach those here. This may be an original photo, dating app screen shot, etc. If you can't do this attach your original photo. If the photo you attach here or link to exactly matches the photo used in the URL, this usually results in a takedown in an hour or two.
- Now sign your full name and click Submit.
You will receive an automated email from Facebook with the subject "Intellectual Property Report #" It will look like this.
Facebook usually responds within an email in an hour. **The second email has been taking hours up to a day to arrive**
Responding to the Second EmailThe email response will often automatically ask that you clarify the URL, the post, or the image involved. It may suggest you try another department. Either way, reply to this email and reassert your claim. Use your own language as much as possible. Only focus on the infringement of your copyright and not the abuse of the group.
- Provide a link to one of the post URL's that use your photo.
- Reassert your claim as follows while including the link to the group post:
"I created this photo and I am the copyright owner. It is being used in this facebook group without my permission here (insert link to the actual post).
I am requesting that my content be removed as I never consented to its use and I do not consent to its use."
- Attach a copy of the actual photo(s) in the group post.
- You should receive an email response fairly quickly as now a human will be reviewing this. I’ve seen it take 5 mins up to an hour." *There have been delays in this. If you do not receive a response in 24 hours consider submitting a new claim"
Excuse Typos for brevity. Bookmark twitter.com/deletecorp as backup. Not legal advice, seek a local attorney.
Posted Jun 7, 2023, 11:38 PM UTC · edited