Help on getting rid of videos posted of me on sites?

[Abra505]

Hi everyone

This might be a long read but I would really appreciate any advice or help. I'm posting this here because I'm not sure where else anyone would understand this problem. This is pretty hard for me to talk about and I've tried dealing with this for a long time now and putting it to the back of my mind but it's all getting on top of me.

Basically, I'm now in my early 20's but when I had just turned 18 I decided to do some camming on Chaturbate briefly. I was in the process of saving up money for university, and had read an article online saying that it was becoming a popular way of saving for students so I thought I would give it a try. I very naively thought that nobody I knew would ever find out because the chances were too small considering the amount of people who do it, and I really didn't know anything about the business. Looking back now, I should have done more research into it on how to protect myself but like I say, I was naive and thought it was fine. I only did it on and off for a very months. Then about 2 years later a guy that I know vaguely from my hometown sent me a link of a video of myself on a tube site from my days of camming. I was shocked and the thought of this hadn't even passed through my head (like I say I was obviously immature and naive at the time). Upon looking some more, I found that recordings of my shows had been posted on the "chaturbate recording" and "cam girl" kind of websites where you can download full shows.

I tried to forget about it for a while and convince myself that it would all go away, but since then I have found myself having increasing anxiety, stress, and worry about this. I've started having panic attacks earlier this year which were never an occurrence before as I am so worried about this coming to haunt me again in the future and my friends/family finding out. I'm also in a relationship now and I am terrified of the consequences it could have on that in the future. I'm worried about what it could do to my career which I am starting to build, and I feel totally out of control and helpless. I've started to feel very depressed because I can't talk to anyone about it and fear there is no way of getting rid of this and that I may have this feeling follow me forever.

I really don't know what to do, and I am wondering if any of you know any ways of tackling this issue and removing the content posted of me on these sites. I heard there was a company that can try and get them taken down for you, but I'd first like to know if anyone has any experience with that and if it actually works.

I feel constantly paranoid and think about it every day, and I can't have this feeling anymore. Any advice would be great.

Thanks so much for reading.

 

[Summer Raynes]

Its unfortunate that websites somehow get our videos and post them up for the world to see. You can see mine as well.

I have put several DMCA on my videos, especially my privates and groups. But these sites are sneaky, they go through a proxy site. I haven't found a way to take mine down yet either.. I think that its a part of the risk. I would also hope that the next relationship I have won't flip about it. If my parents ever find it, God help me.

I wish you luck. But I haven't been able to. You are not alone in this. Every cam girl has these videos floating around.

 

[Abra505]

Its unfortunate that websites somehow get our videos and post them up for the world to see. You can see mine as well.

I have put several DMCA on my videos, especially my privates and groups. But these sites are sneaky, they go through a proxy site. I haven't found a way to take mine down yet either.. I think that its a part of the risk. I would also hope that the next relationship I have won't flip about it. If my parents ever find it, God help me.

I wish you luck. But I haven't been able to. You are not alone in this. Every cam girl has these videos floating around.

Thanks for your reply. Do you happen to know anything about this company and how effective they are? https://cammodelprotection.com/

 

[Deleted member 43650]

Hi everyone

This might be a long read but I would really appreciate any advice or help. I'm posting this here because I'm not sure where else anyone would understand this problem. This is pretty hard for me to talk about and I've tried dealing with this for a long time now and putting it to the back of my mind but it's all getting on top of me.

Basically, I'm now in my early 20's but when I had just turned 18 I decided to do some camming on Chaturbate briefly. I was in the process of saving up money for university, and had read an article online saying that it was becoming a popular way of saving for students so I thought I would give it a try. I very naively thought that nobody I knew would ever find out because the chances were too small considering the amount of people who do it, and I really didn't know anything about the business. Looking back now, I should have done more research into it on how to protect myself but like I say, I was naive and thought it was fine. I only did it on and off for a very months. Then about 2 years later a guy that I know vaguely from my hometown sent me a link of a video of myself on a tube site from my days of camming. I was shocked and the thought of this hadn't even passed through my head (like I say I was obviously immature and naive at the time). Upon looking some more, I found that recordings of my shows had been posted on the "chaturbate recording" and "cam girl" kind of websites where you can download full shows.

I tried to forget about it for a while and convince myself that it would all go away, but since then I have found myself having increasing anxiety, stress, and worry about this. I've started having panic attacks earlier this year which were never an occurrence before as I am so worried about this coming to haunt me again in the future and my friends/family finding out. I'm also in a relationship now and I am terrified of the consequences it could have on that in the future. I'm worried about what it could do to my career which I am starting to build, and I feel totally out of control and helpless. I've started to feel very depressed because I can't talk to anyone about it and fear there is no way of getting rid of this and that I may have this feeling follow me forever.

I really don't know what to do, and I am wondering if any of you know any ways of tackling this issue and removing the content posted of me on these sites. I heard there was a company that can try and get them taken down for you, but I'd first like to know if anyone has any experience with that and if it actually works.

I feel constantly paranoid and think about it every day, and I can't have this feeling anymore. Any advice would be great.

Thanks so much for reading.

You already know this, but this is one of the unfortunate realities of our industry. When you decide to cam, you are essentially rendering a 'social contract' with the internet that you are willing to exchange a certain degree of your privacy in return for the boons of camming (which are many - namely how lucrative it can be).

The only recourse for your issue is to issue DMCA notices. There are many DMCA advocacy groups across the internet that advocate specifically for cam-models. Unfortunately, many of these sites that have stolen your content are European and don't care to abide by the legal structures of DMCA. However, many of these sites cycle content - eventually, the media of you will die out bit by bit.

Here's another thing to consider: if someone in your personal life found you, in order to 'out' you, they would by default be admitting to searching the web for porn/camsites (presumably). Thus, they are putting themselves at risk here. Second, we are slowly transitioning into an exponentially more sex-positive culture wherein people care less and less about your having chosen to cam. I understand that this might not ameliorate the issue for you, but I hope it helps somewhat. Last, keep in mind that in order to correlate your cam-work with your actual identity would require either a pre-existing knowledge of your having cammed, or merely 'stumbling upon' you...the latter is highly unlikely on an internet with millions of porn and cam models.