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Premium Protection · Image Shield + Audience Shield

Catch Impersonator Accounts Before Your Fans Get Scammed

Real-time alerts the moment a deepfake or clone handle appears using your face or your handle — before it can DM your community or run a fake giveaway.

Image Shield

For creators, founders, and public figures whose face or brand imagery gets weaponized against their audience.

  • Daily monitoring of selected X handles for lookalike accounts
  • Copied-avatar matching that survives ordinary resizing and recompression
  • Subscriber-initiated photo checks for visible synthetic or manipulation signs
  • Private case files with screenshots, timestamps and SHA-256 hashes
  • Downloadable evidence packs, report drafts, follow-ups and outcome tracking

Audience Shield

For anyone with an engaged audience — clone-handle detection and a public trust page your followers can verify.

  • Continuous clone-handle detection with fuzzy character-swap scoring
  • Auto-warn your followers before they engage with a fake DM
  • Signed public status page at /shield/<handle> your fans can trust
  • Verified Creator badge after ownership check (bio-token or pinned post)
  • HMAC-signed webhook feed for teams that route alerts into Slack/Discord

Real scam scenarios these shields stop

Image Shield

Deepfake investment reel using your face

What happens without it: A scammer scrapes three of your Reels, feeds them into a face-swap model, and posts a 45-second 'crypto opportunity' pretending to be you. It runs for 6 days before a follower DMs you a screenshot — by then $180k has moved through the wallet in the caption.

With Shield activated: With Image Protection, the subscriber can assess the suspect still image, preserve it in a private case, prepare a report and track the platform outcome.

Image Shield

Stolen headshot on 40+ dating profiles

What happens without it: Your professional headshot is lifted from LinkedIn and used to romance-scam victims across 3 continents. Victims report you to law enforcement; you spend weeks proving your innocence.

With Shield activated: Image Protection helps the subscriber preserve the discovered profile, generate a hashed evidence pack, prepare the relevant report and track follow-up through resolution.

Audience Shield

'@yourhandle_support' reply-guy clone

What happens without it: An impostor swaps one character in your handle, copies your bio and pinned tweet, and replies to every high-engagement post from your account with a 'DM us for wallet recovery' scam. Two followers lose their seed phrases in 24 hours.

With Shield activated: Audience Shield checks monitored handles for lookalikes and routes suspicious accounts into the private incident-to-removal workflow.

Audience Shield

Fake 'giveaway' Telegram channel using your logo

What happens without it: A cloned Telegram channel invites your followers to a 'community-only airdrop.' The invite URL is shared as a QR code in Instagram Stories, bypassing normal link scanning.

With Shield activated: Audience Shield monitors Telegram t.me endpoints tied to your brand keywords, correlates them with cloned handles, and warns subscribed followers by email the same day.

One shield, five ways to protect

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready. Cancel anytime. Founder pricing shown — locks in for the life of your subscription.

  • Free

    Try before you subscribe

    $0forever
    • 5 on-demand handle scans per 24 hours
    • Public /shield status page
    • Community scam alerts
    • No always-on monitoring — upgrade for sweeps
    Start free
  • Starter

    Solo creators locking down one handle

    $9/mo
    • 1 monitored handle (continuous)
    • 4 deep audience scans per month
    • Email alerts + public status page
    Subscribe — $9/mo
  • CreatorMost popular

    Serious creators who need unlimited scanning

    $19/mo
    • 1 monitored handle
    • Unlimited deep scans
    • Priority alerts + signed webhook
    • Verified Creator badge
    Get Creator
  • Platinum

    Multi-account creators and small brands

    $59/mo
    • 7 monitored handles
    • Unlimited scans across all handles
    • Image Shield + Audience Shield
    • Deepfake photo checks + tracked removal cases
    • Signed webhook + Slack/Discord routing
    Get Platinum
  • Family

    Households — protect the people you love

    $69/mo
    • 5 seats × 1 monitored handle each
    • Unlimited scans per seat
    • Parent dashboard + minor-account safeguards
    • One bill, one household
    Protect My Family — $69/mo
Need 10+ monitored handles, dedicated SLA, or a private webhook? Contact us for Brand pricing ·Training a team? Team certification packs·Managing creators? Talent Manager plans

Frequently asked

Do I need both Image Shield and Audience Shield?

If you post video/photo content or your face is publicly associated with your brand, Image Shield is critical. If your audience engages with you on X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or Telegram, Audience Shield is critical. Most creators activate both — they cover different attack surfaces (visual impersonation vs handle/audience impersonation).

How fast are alerts?

New scans run every 6 hours. Audience Shield clone-detection runs continuously and can alert within minutes of a new handle going live. Both send email + optional signed webhook.

What's included in the takedown packet?

A downloadable PDF with the case summary, preserved images, source URLs, timestamps, SHA-256 hashes, case history, a user-reviewed report draft and official platform reporting links.

Can I try before I upgrade?

Yes. A free account can run on-demand scans — up to five a day — for both Image Shield and Audience Shield. You'll see real matches before you decide. Continuous monitoring, the impersonator list and takedown packs start with a paid plan, from $9/mo.

How do you verify I own the handle or image?

Ownership is confirmed via a one-time bio-token or pinned post (for handles) and account linking or original-file upload (for images). Nothing is monitored on your behalf until ownership is proven — no false claims.

Legal support and victim services

Use the service that matches the person's age, location, and type of abuse. If someone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.

European Union

Digital Services Act reporting and escalation

Official European Commission guidance for platform notices, internal complaints, dispute settlement, and national Digital Services Coordinators.

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Adults worldwide

StopNCII.org

Specialist nonprofit service for adults facing non-consensual intimate images, including synthetic or generated sexual images.

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United States

FTC TAKE IT DOWN Act resources

Official federal information and reporting for platform failures after a removal request involving non-consensual intimate imagery or digital forgeries.

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Under 18

NCMEC Take It Down

Hash-based support for images taken when the person was under 18, including synthetic content; images stay on the person's device.

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Canada

Cybertip.ca deepfake and intimate-image support

Canada's national tipline and practical removal guidance, with specialist support for young people and image-based abuse.

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International policy

UN Women technology-facilitated violence resources

Policy and advocacy resources on technology-facilitated violence against women and girls. The UN does not operate an individual takedown channel.

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Protect a specific account

Pick your platform — each lander is tailored to that account type.

Authoritative sources

Independent primary sources used to check and corroborate the guidance on this page.

Source: GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety · Published by the GACS Research Team

Cite this page: GACS (2026). Image Shield & Audience Shield — Impersonation Protection | GACS. https://gacs.app/shield-protection · Record ID GACS-shield-protection

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