Someone posted my picture without permission. Can I make them take it down or sue?

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It depends on who took the picture. If you took it (a selfie, your own photo or video), you own the copyright and can send a DMCA takedown notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512 to the platform or host, which must remove it expeditiously to keep its safe harbor; an infringement lawsuit is possible but requires copyright registration first. If someone else took it, the copyright is theirs, and a DMCA notice from you would be a misrepresentation with liability under § 512(f). Instead use the platform's privacy, harassment or impersonation reporting, and state-law claims such as misappropriation of likeness (for commercial use), defamation or intrusion. If the image is intimate, the TAKE IT DOWN Act's 48-hour removal process applies regardless of who took it. Google also removes search results exposing your contact details on request. Build the right kind of request at https://takeitdown.agentexchange.work/request/dmca.

Someone posted my picture without permission. Can I make them take it down or sue?

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