Boyfriend’s private videos he shared with someone in the past are being uploaded on TikTok without consent, advice needed.
Throwaway (Even though I had little understanding how to do it I privatised the account as much as possible for privacy reasons) for obvious reasons.
Before my boyfriend and I got together, he shared some private videos with someone he used to be close with. Those videos aren’t really intimate, but they were meant to stay private. That person (who is from Russia) is now uploading them on TikTok without his consent, and he’s being harassed over it.
The TikTok account also has a link to a Telegram account that tells people to message them, but it’s not my boyfriend’s.
For some background: the person who is posting the videos had been lying about being abused. That is the reason my boyfriend left them. Another friend of the person posting later confirmed those claims of abuse were not true.
We’re not sharing or linking the videos anywhere and I’m not going to describe them. We’re mainly trying to figure out how to get the content taken down and support him.
So far we’re thinking / planning to:
Report the videos on TikTok
Use StopNCII.org
Possibly involve the police / cybercrime unit (noting the uploader is in Russia)
Has anyone dealt with private videos being uploaded on TikTok without consent, especially when the person uploading is in another country and the account is linking to Telegram?
Any practical advice on:
How effective TikTok’s reporting is for this kind of thing?
Whether we should go to law enforcement right away (and how cross-border cases usually work)?
Other resources that actually help with removal?
How best to support him through this?
Thanks in advance for any help.