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ballmerpoint • yesterday at 9:33 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

https://archiveofourown.org/content#II.H

It’s acceptable on AO3 to write a narrative description of a real person’s actual abuse, including their personal information (see II.F.4.a), and it only “may result in a judgment of harassment” if also the author specifically makes it available to the victim.

The policy is unsafe by design.


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TheOtherHobbes • yesterday at 10:08 PM

It's the written equivalent of deepfake porn - hugely entertaining for the creators, not so much for the victims. Especially if they're teens at school, and the creators are bullying them.

No matter what AO3 thinks, in many countries this immediately crosses the line into criminal harassment.

As for the rest - the fanfic community has been among the loudest criticising AI writing for 'stealing from real artists', which is... not exactly self-aware.

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