AWDTSG Removal UK — Takedowns Across Every British and Northern Irish Group
All four UK nations covered
72-hour typical turnaround
UK-wide group coverage
Confidential, no-obligation service
HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE POSTED IN A UK GROUP
Most men never see the post. The groups are private and admitted to women only, so the person being discussed is structurally the last to know. People find out through a friend, through a match mentioning it, or through a conversation going cold for reasons that only make sense later.
You cannot check for yourself. Creating a false profile to gain entry breaches the platform’s terms, risks your account, and would undermine any later takedown submission. Asking a female friend to look is the usual workaround and it is unreliable — one search in one group misses reposts, and most people guess wrong about which of the fifteen regions their post would have landed in.
Our AWDTSG checker and search service scans the UK group network and reports what exists, where it sits and how far it has spread. If nothing is there, you get that answer.
Northern Ireland
Belfast, Derry and all of Northern Ireland. The most claimant-friendly jurisdiction in the UK.
Other UK Regions
Eight further groups cover Bristol and Cardiff, Newcastle and Middlesbrough, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester, Sheffield and Doncaster, Hampshire and Bournemouth, Devon and Plymouth, Cambridgeshire, and Reading, Oxford and Luton. We handle these on the same basis — speak to us directly and we will confirm which groups apply to you.
WHERE THERE IS NO GROUP — AND WHY THAT MATTERS
The fifteen UK groups do not cover the country evenly, and the gaps are where people get caught out.
There is no group for North Wales. Wales is served only by the Bristol, Cardiff and Swindon group, which is a long way from Wrexham or Bangor — in practice, posts about North Wales residents commonly appear in the Liverpool or Manchester groups instead.
There is no group for Norfolk or Suffolk, for Lincolnshire, for Cumbria, or for Stoke and the Potteries. The network’s own guidance is to join the group for the nearest listed city, so posts about people in those areas surface somewhere else entirely.
Scotland is covered by a single group for the whole country. Someone in Aberdeen or Inverness is in the same group as someone in Glasgow.
If you have searched for a group covering your town, found nothing, and concluded you are not affected — that reasoning is exactly backwards. No local group means your post is more likely to be somewhere you would not think to look.
IMPOSTER GROUPS
Alongside the official groups there are a significant number of imposter groups using the AWDTSG name and branding without operating under its policies. This is acknowledged by the network itself.
The distinction matters practically. Official groups follow published moderation rules, which gives a takedown submission something concrete to be framed against. Imposter groups do not, which changes both the approach and the likely outcome of a first submission. Establishing which type of group a post sits in is part of our initial scan.
UK LAW AND AWDTSG CONTENT
General information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm. This section covers England and Wales — see the Scotland and Northern Ireland pages for those jurisdictions, which differ materially.
Online Safety Act 2023, s. 188 — sharing intimate images
Section 188 came into force on 31 January 2024. It repealed the older revenge pornography offences in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and inserted new sections 66B, 66C and 66D into the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
The change matters. Under the old law, a prosecution had to prove the sharer intended to cause distress, which was widely blamed for low prosecution rates. The new base offence under s. 66B(1) requires only that the image was shared intentionally, that the person depicted did not consent, and that the sharer did not reasonably believe they consented. Intent to cause distress is no longer required.
The scope also widened. The old law covered “private sexual” images; the new offences cover images in an “intimate state”, and because the wording captures images that appear to show a person, deepfakes fall within it.
The base offence under s. 66B(1) is summary only, carrying up to six months. The more serious offences under subsections (2) to (4) — sharing with intent to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, sharing for sexual gratification, and threatening to share — are triable either way and carry up to two years.
The limit is the definition. This covers intimate images. A dating profile screenshot with written allegations attached sits outside it entirely.
Reference: Online Safety Act 2023, s. 188 (legislation.gov.uk)
Defamation Act 2013 — and the one-year clock
Where a post makes false factual allegations, the Defamation Act 2013 applies in England and Wales. Two features shape everything about timing.
Section 1 requires that publication has caused, or is likely to cause, serious harm to the claimant’s reputation. That is a higher threshold than the old common law, and it is a genuine hurdle — a post seen by a few hundred people may not clear it, while one that costs someone a job may.
More urgently, the limitation period is one year from first publication under s. 4A of the Limitation Act 1980, and s. 8 of the 2013 Act introduced a single publication rule so that reposting or continued visibility does not restart the clock. Courts retain a discretion under s. 32A of the Limitation Act to allow a claim outside the year, but that is a discretion, not an entitlement.
The practical consequence is that a post which has been sitting online for eleven months is in a very different position from one posted last week. If you have been aware of a post for some time, that is a reason to move now rather than a reason it is too late.
References: Defamation Act 2013 (legislation.gov.uk) · Limitation Act 1980, s. 4A
UK GDPR, Article 17 — the right to erasure
Where a post contains your personal data — your name, photograph, employer, or details of your private life — Article 17 of the UK GDPR provides a right to request erasure, supported by the Data Protection Act 2018 and enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The request is directed at the platform as data controller, not at the individual who posted. That distinction is deliberate: personal data processed by an individual purely for personal or household purposes falls outside the UK GDPR, so an erasure request aimed at the poster is unlikely to go anywhere. Aimed at the platform, it has a proper legal footing.
This is the broadest of the routes available in England and Wales. It does not require the content to be intimate, and it does not require it to be false.
Reference: Information Commissioner’s Office — Right to erasure
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Where posting forms part of a course of conduct amounting to harassment — repeated posts, posts across multiple groups, or posting combined with other contact — the 1997 Act provides both a criminal offence and a civil remedy, including injunctions and damages. A single post will not normally amount to harassment; a sustained campaign may.
Reference: Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (legislation.gov.uk)
HOW AWDTSG REMOVAL WORKS FOR UK CLIENTS
Confidential intake
A conversation, not a form. Nothing goes beyond our team, and we do not contact the poster, the group administrators, or anyone in your life at any stage.
Evidence package
A documented record of every instance: post, group, date, visible reach and the specific content at issue. Where a post uses photographs you took, copyright is a separate and often faster route, covered under image copyright protection.
Takedown submission
Submitted through platform reporting channels, framed against the specific policy provisions the content breaches. Precision matters more than volume.
Platform escalation
Where a first submission is refused or ignored, we escalate with further documentation. This is where most self-managed attempts stall.
Mirror sweep
A re-scan of the group network after removal, as part of the removal work.
Handover
The full documented record of what was found, submitted and removed. Continued watching beyond that point is available as a separate paid service.
Most cases see an initial platform response within 72 hours of submission. Outcomes depend on the content and the platform’s assessment of it, and we tell you at intake how we rate your situation rather than promising a result the platform controls.
Where content has spread beyond the AWDTSG network onto other platforms, we handle that through our social media takedown service using the same evidence package.
ONGOING AWDTSG MONITORING FOR UK CLIENTS
Removal addresses what exists today. Reposting is most likely in the period immediately after a takedown, particularly where several members shared the original.
Continued watching of the group network is available as AWDTSG monitoring, a separate paid service priced independently of removal work.
PRICING FOR UK CLIENTS
Pricing is confirmed at consultation. UK matters vary considerably — a single post in one group is a different job from content that has crossed three groups and two jurisdictions — so we quote on what your situation actually involves rather than asking you to work it out from a list.
There is no charge for the initial conversation and no obligation to proceed.
SUPPORT
If a post involves an intimate image, the Revenge Porn Helpline is a UK government-funded service offering free confidential support and assistance with removals. We mention it because it exists and it helps, whether or not you engage us.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Do you cover the whole UK?
Yes. All fifteen UK groups, across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There is no group for my town. Does that mean I am not affected?
No — it often means the opposite. The network directs people to the nearest listed group, so posts about people in uncovered areas surface somewhere they would not think to check.
Is there a time limit?
In England and Wales, defamation claims must generally be brought within one year of first publication, and reposting does not restart that clock. Other routes, including erasure requests, are not subject to that limit. It is a reason to act rather than a reason not to.
Will the poster know I contacted you?
No. We do not contact the poster, the group administrators, or anyone connected to you.
How much does it cost?
Pricing is confirmed at consultation, based on what your situation actually involves. The initial conversation is free.
Do you handle cases outside the UK?
Yes. We cover Canada and all fifty US states, which matters where content has crossed between UK and North American groups.
BOOK A CONFIDENTIAL UK AWDTSG CONSULTATION
Tell us what you have found. We will scan for everything else, tell you what we assess is achievable, and set out costs before you commit to anything.
Fifteen official Are We Dating The Same Guy groups cover the United Kingdom. They run from London to Glasgow to Belfast, they overlap at the edges, and content moves between them freely. A post that starts in the London group can be screenshotted into the Manchester group the same week.
Two things about the UK make this different from anywhere else we work.
The first is that content still visible online carries a live legal clock. In England and Wales, a defamation claim must be brought within one year of first publication, and a single publication rule means reposting does not restart it. Waiting is not neutral — it costs you options.
The second is that the UK is not one legal system. England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland each have their own defamation law and their own intimate image offences, and the differences are substantial rather than technical. Northern Ireland, in particular, is the most claimant-friendly jurisdiction in the UK for content that is still online.
MGMT Reputation covers all fifteen UK groups. We work confidentially, through the platform’s own reporting and escalation channels, and we never contact the poster or the group administrators outside those channels.