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Can we talk about how the AO3 doesn't actually have any real policies for how to handle racist fanworks OR racism from fans creating or consuming work on the platform and won't remove racist works (and rarely racist comments that DON'T have slurs in them) but then does this ish?<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191017050815/https://twitter.com/stichomancery/status/1105523071547527169 Thread by @stitchomancery], archived October 17, 2019.</ref>}}

Can we talk about how the AO3 doesn't actually have any real policies for how to handle racist fanworks OR racism from fans creating or consuming work on the platform and won't remove racist works (and rarely racist comments that DON'T have slurs in them) but then does this ish?<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191017050815/https://twitter.com/stichomancery/status/1105523071547527169 Thread by @stitchomancery], archived October 17, 2019.</ref>}}

This has engendered pushback from other fans arguing that this would undermine AO3's stance of maximum content inclusivity (with some advocating for new required warnings, or features to help readers curate their experience, as an alternative), leading to debates about whether advocating for anti-racist action is being misclassified as a push for "censorship".

This has engendered pushback from other fans arguing that this would undermine AO3's stance of [[Maximum Inclusiveness of Content|maximum content inclusivity]] (with some advocating for new required warnings, or features to help readers curate their experience, as an alternative), leading to debates about whether advocating for anti-racist action is being misclassified as a push for "censorship".

{{Quotation2|The issue as I understand it is one in a conflict of core values. The [[OTW]] was set up partly as a reaction to censorship of fanworks on other platforms and therefore freedom of speech is one of its core values.

{{Quotation2|The issue as I understand it is one in a conflict of core values. The [[OTW]] was set up partly as a reaction to censorship of fanworks on other platforms and therefore freedom of speech is one of its core values.