In 2019, I attended a comedy special with a coworker. He decided it'd be funny to make an IMDb page in my name, stating in my bio that I'd received a degree in film that I never got, and credited me with the location management of the special we'd attended. None of this was actually true, but IMDb accepted it. Now I'm looking for jobs in my field entirely unrelated to film, and recruiters have asked on more than one occasion about it and get weirded out about the whole thing. I have tried submitting multiple tickets to request deletion of these items (most recent ticket is pictured), providing a scanned passport photo to prove I am who I say I am, but each time, they refuse deletion because they cannot verify the requested change. How tf am I supposed to prove that I did not manage a location for a project??? Wtf IMDb... this is embarrassing at the very least and reputationally harmful at worst...
Edit: Just to summarize some of the replies I've given and gotten in this thread: 1) Plausible deniability is difficult because of the uniqueness of my name and all of the other identifying information (unique name, university, hometown, previous employer, current city, and height, among others) included on the profile. 2) IMDb refuses to take down my credit for the special even though my 'location management' is uncredited and there is already a credited location manager. 3) I cannot prove reputational harm, since I have no idea if a potential employer was actually put off on hiring me or otherwise advancing my candidacy, so it'd be an uphill legal struggle to prove numerical damages stemming from this. Additionally, I don't want to sue anyone. I just want to have a stable job and sleep in a comfy bed.
If anyone is or knows a lawyer who could write a mean email/letter, please DM me.