Australia can order it down.
The eSafety Commissioner has real, binding power to compel removal of non-consensual intimate images. Here's exactly what it does — and where, honestly, it stops.
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Compliance window once eSafety serves a removal notice
24-HOUR REMOVAL-NOTICE WINDOW
SECTION 03 — LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
What we file under — and the honest limits.
Online Safety Act 2021 — eSafety removal notices (ss.77–79)
Binding notices to platforms, hosts and posters to remove non-consensual intimate images; 24-hour compliance window once served, civil penalties for non-compliance.
Online Safety Act 2021 s.75
Posting — or threatening to post — an intimate image without consent is a civil contravention enforced by eSafety; separate criminal offences exist federally and by state.
Platform NCII policies
Every major platform's own non-consensual-image policy, filed correctly — pursued in parallel with the eSafety route.
Privacy Act 1988 & de-listing
Australia has no general 'right to be forgotten'; de-listing is pursued via search engines' own policies and outdated-content tools — a fallback, never a substitute.
We help you lodge the eSafety report and pursue platform takedowns in parallel.
Adults (18+) only · content involving anyone under 18 is reported to the ACCCE (AFP) & eSafety
SOURCES — verified June 2026
- https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2021A00076/latest/text
- https://www.esafety.gov.au/report
- https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/new-powers-faster-removals-image-based-abuse
- https://www.accce.gov.au/report
- https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/the-privacy-act
- https://www.cyber.gov.au/report-and-recover/report