Blocking of AO3 in Russia

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Event: AO3 banned in Russia
Participants: Russian government, Russian AO3 users, Ukrainian AO3 user
Date(s): 15 April 2023
Type: government censorship
Fandom: panfandom?
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On April 15, 2023, shortly after midnight Moscow time, the Russian government blocked access to the fanfiction website Archive of Our Own (AO3) in Russia. Unlike the Chinese censorship of AO3 in 2020, the block was not immediately covered by international news media outlets, but individual Russian users on social media confirmed that they could no longer access the site without a VPN. As of 2024, AO3 is still blocked, and Russian users need VPNs or other workarounds to browse the site.

The blame was placed on a Ukrainian twitter user who had reported some fanfics to the Russian censorship agency[1], likely as retaliation for the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the ultimate cause of the block is Russian laws legalizing Internet censorship and discrimination against LGBTQ+ people. In particular, an update to Russia's "LGBT propaganda" law in December 2022 prompted Russian Ficbook users to move to AO3, which hosts queer content made illegal under the new law. Meanwhile, the migration of the Russian fanfic community was noticed by Ukrainian AO3 users, who were not glad to see the newcomers.

After English and Mandarin, Russian is the third-most popular language on AO3.[2]

Timeline

Russian- and Ukrainian-language AO3 fanwork posting rates, April 2021-April 2023
  • December 5, 2022: Russian president Vladimir Putin signs an amendment to the 2013 "LGBT propaganda" law, expanding the prohibition on sharing positive information about LGBT topics from those under 18 to everyone.
  • December 5: Russian users of Ficbook, the most popular Russian-language fanfic site, become aware of a change in Ficbook's terms of service.[3][4][5] Many fans start moving their fic to AO3.[6][7][8][9]
  • December 5/6: Some Ukrainian fans express their joy at Russian fans being inconvenienced[10][11][12][13], but are upset at the thought that more Russian fanfic will be on AO3[14][15][16]. Some express a desire to stop the Russian fans from gaining access to AO3, by spamming the invite queue[17][18] or by unspecified means[19] or by getting AO3 banned in Russia[20].
  • December 6: Ficbook posts on their official telegram channel that they plan to create a separate website for all slash and femslash, called "slashbook". "Russia has passed a law banning propaganda of non-traditional relationships and gender reassignment. Propaganda, in the interpretation of the law, is the creation of a positive image of these very relations. Some works on Ficbook may fit this definition."[21]
  • December 9: Nick_Teygu, a Ukrainian Twitter user, reports Russian-language fanfics tagged "Underage" and "Pedophilia" to Roskomnadzor.[22]
  • April 6, 2023: Russian news outlet Vedomosti reports that Roskomnadzor has demanded AO3 remove 16 stories and is planning to block the site if AO3 doesn't comply.[23]
  • April 6: Nick_Teygu tweets that 16 is less than what she found and comments about submitting another report to Roskomnadzor.
  • April 14: At 10:25 p.m. UTC+3, Nick_Teygu tweets a screencap of a 7:37pm email from Roskomnadzor confirming that the fic she reported on April 6 contains illegal content.[24]
  • April 15: At 12:27 a.m. UTC+3 or shortly before, Russian AO3 users start reporting that they can no longer open the website without a VPN.[25][26]
  • April 15: By morning Russian twitter users find Nick_Teygu's tweets[27], and word spreads that she is to blame.

Current Status?

As of April 20, 2023, Russian AO3 users were reporting that the site could only be accessed with a VPN.[28] As of March 2024, posts in the Russian-language forum Holiwarka indicate that the website was still blocked, but users were sharing workarounds.

Unlike with AO3's fate in China, English-language news outlets never covered AO3's censorship in Russia (they did cover the DDOS attack on the website in July by a Russian hacking group), but some Russian-language media reported on the incident.

The Russian government has a website for looking up blocked websites; search results for AO3's url turn up three items described as page-limited blocks (ограничивается к странице) dated 12/22/2022, 12/22/2022, and 03/13/2023. The website explains, "Please note that the presence of an Internet site in the Registry does not at all mean a complete restriction of access to it, since access may be limited to a separate page of the site on the Internet." (Обращаем Ваше внимание, что наличие сайта сети "Интернет" в Реестре вовсе не означает полное ограничение доступа к нему, так как доступ может ограничиваться к отдельной странице сайта в сети "Интернет".) The block reason given is Article 15.1

According to Roskomsvoboda's register of banned websites[29], AO3 is blocked due to three Russian-language fanfics marked Underage:

The date listed on rublacklist.net is 04/14/2023, though Russian social media users did not report that the site was inaccessible until after midnight, April 15.

Ukrainian Reports

A Ukrainian twitter user, @Nick_Teygu, who appears to be an MXTX fan[30], claimed to have reported the archive to Roskomnadzor, Russia's censorship agency.[1] The twitter account has since gone private, but some tweets were captured on the Wayback Machine here, confirming that on April 14, Nick_Teygu gleefully shared a screencap of the Russian government's emailed response to their report. The Russian government thanked them for their "active citizenship" (активную гражданскую позицию) and confirmed that the story they reported contained illegal content. The twitter thread contained a quote tweet from another twitter thread from April 6, 2023, in which the same user decided to report a fic they thought might be a violation of Russian law. The reported fanfic, now deleted, was a Russian-language gen story about suicide for the Underworld Office fandom.

However, it seems unlikely that Nick_Teygu's report of that fanfic in particular was responsible for the block. On April 6, Russian newsmedia reported that Roskomnadzor was planning to block AO3 if the site didn't take down 16 sexually explicit stories featuring underage characters that the agency had reported to the site between late December and mid-March. (AO3 had not responded to the demands.)[23] In a screencap shared by Russian twitter user nelehitch, Nick_Teygu was surprised that Roskomnadzor had found so few stories and decided to report more:

Ржу з роснявчиків, які думають що у всьому винен сракабук, який зливає конкурентів, але один з крисюків тут я Взагалі хуйово вони працюють, я перейшла на пошук, там майже 50 робіт, а ці дурні сказали, що вимагають видалити 16 тільки, не порядок Може оновити скаргу...

Nick_Teygu (screencap shared by nelehitch) [22]

I’m laughing at the Russians who blame everything on Shitbook eliminating the competition, while one of the snitches here is me. In general, they are shit at their job, I used the search and there are almost 50 works there, and these fools said that they demand to remove only 16, that's not good Maybe I should update my complaint...

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nelehitch's screencaps show that Nick_Teygu had tried to report AO3 in December 2022, by submitting not individual fanfic URLs, but the search results for all Russian-language fanworks tagged "Underage" and "Pedophilia".[22] As of April 20, 2023, the search results URL contains 44 fanworks from a variety of fandoms, some labeled simply "Lolicon".[31]

Armed with more screencaps, nelehitch claimed that Nick_Teygu's motive in reporting was to promote the Ukrainian language on AO3:

И тут врывается тема межкультурного конфликта, так как украинка отправила жалобу специально для того, чтобы ограничить доступ россиян к сервису

Зачем ограничивать? Ну, если посмотреть чем она занимается и что пишет, то не сложно понять: она продвигает укроязычный контент на сайте. Да и украинский язык вообще

А укроязычные и русскоязычные авторы, по сути, конкурируют за одних и тех же читателей из Украины, ибо страна до сих пор двуязычная

А чем меньше русскоязычных читателей, тем меньше спрос на русскоязычный контент. Да и из-за ограничений явно поубавится авторов

И более того. Борьба с русским языком необходима так как: "Потому что чтобы понять украинцев и тех, кто перешел на украинский, их нынешние ценности и взгляд на события, когда до этого общение было только с роснею и все новости приходили через роснявую призму, хотя бы либералов"

nelehitch [22]

And here the topic of intercultural conflict breaks in, as the Ukrainian sent a complaint specifically in order to limit the access of Russians to the service

Why limit it? Well, if you look at what she does and what she writes, it’s not difficult to understand: she promotes Ukrainian-language content on the site. And the Ukrainian language in general

And Ukrainian-speaking and Russian-speaking authors, in fact, compete for the same readers from Ukraine, because the country is still bilingual

And the fewer Russian-speaking readers, the less demand for Russian-language content. Yes, and because of the restrictions, the authors will obviously decrease

And more than that. The fight against the Russian language is necessary because: "Because it's needed to understand the Ukrainians and those who have switched to Ukrainian, their current values ​​and view of events, when before that communication was only with Russia and all news came through the prism of Russia, at least liberals"

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Nick_Teygu's April 6 tweet encouraged others to join the "cyberbullying" ("До речі ну, якщо комусь ще хочеться доєднатися до кібербулінгу, ось їх форма")[32], so other people could have submitted reports for other fanfics.

Ukrainian Language and Russian Imperialism

As described below, Ukrainian twitter users were supportive of Nick_Teygu's act and may even have seen it as part of the Ukrainian war effort. To add historical context, many Ukrainians are bilingual and/or native Russian speakers due to Russian imperialism. Ukraine was formerly part of the Soviet Union and has been going through a process of Derussification, and since the 2022 Russian invasion many Russian speakers[33] have switched to speaking Ukrainian[34]. Promoting the Ukrainian language is part of the effort to protect Ukrainian cultural identity and separate Ukraine from the Russian cultural sphere; Putin justified the invasion in part by claiming that Ukraine was part of Russia and had a Russian identity, and Russia has been accused of genocide against Ukraine by denying Ukraine's right to exist and stealing Ukrainian children. See also this New Yorker interview with Masha Gessen, which mentions Ukrainian responses to Russian cultural imperialism.

The impact of Ukrainian language promotion can be seen on AO3 itself; In 2024 Ukrainian is now the tenth-most popular language on the archive, with the majority of works published after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[2][35]

One example connecting Ukrainian fanactivity to the geopolitical context is this Twitter thread from December 18, 2022, in which a Ukrainian user, shishloi, calls on their fellow Chinese media fans to condemn other Ukrainians for continuing to write Russian fanfic:

шановне панство фандому китаєроманів а чому ми все ще не пісюримо деяких особистостей які всюди пхають український прапор але при цьому поширюють контент на рос авдиторію?

dear lord of the fandom of Chinese fans, why are we still not pissing off some personalities who wave the Ukrainian flag everywhere but at the same time distribute content to the Russian audience?

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Meanwhile, another Ukrainian user, bj_jupa, was upset that one particular AO3 user was translating fanfic by Russians on ficbook into Ukrainian, arguing that the person was mistaken in thinking they were supporting Ukrainian content.[37] bj_jupa even argued that by doing so, they were dragging "the Russian swamp into the Ukrainian information space"[38], likely a reference to Ukraine's efforts to defend itself against Russia's disinformation campaigns and cyberwarfare. In 2024, Twitter user shiroinsomnia used the same term, український інфопростір (Ukrainian infospace), to complain about AO3 users posting Ukrainian translations of Russian fanfics.[39]

In late April 2023, bj_jupa agreed with a third Twitter user who was complaining about a different Ukrainian who translated a Russian-language Harry Potter fic from ficbook[40] (although that translator mentioned in the comments that the author was Ukrainian[41]). bj_jupa shared screenshots of their own comments on another AO3 translation arguing that they had quit ficbook because they didn't want to be exposed to Russian fanfic anymore and didn't appreciate running into it again on AO3. The AO3 comment concluded, "я вважаю в нас повиннен розвиватися свій фанфікшен." (I believe we should develop our fanfiction)[42]

Other Causes

Meanwhile, another Ukrainian twitter user said that before Russian twitter found Nick_Teygu's tweets, Russians had assumed that either ficbook had reported AO3 or that AO3 was blocked for not sharing requested data with the Russian government.[43]

Russians knew in advance that the block was coming because a Roskomnadzor official had given an interview the week before indicating that if they didn't get a response from AO3 about deleting works that violated Russian law, they would block the website. Although the material Nick_Teygu reported, and the timing of when Nick_Teygu reported it, matched the Roskomnadzor official's description, it is still possible, even likely, that other people reported AO3 as well. Nick_Teygu was the only one to admit it publicly on twitter.

Russia's 2013 anti-LGBT law "criminalizes any positive discussion of LGBT people, identities, or issues in forums that might be accessible to minors."[44] The law was expanded in December 2022 to cover all ages, making it illegal to publish any positive depictions of queer people in books, films, etc. Now AO3 was violating Russian law simply by hosting slash and femslash. As of May 2023, 56% of the archive is tagged either f/f or m/m, and 63% of Russian fanworks (147598 of 236099) are tagged f/f or m/m.[45]

Changes to Russian Law

While gloating about her successful report to the Russian government, Nick_Teygu pointed out that the block would have happened sooner or later anyway:

Уву, росня занила. Крихітки, вам би і так його скоро заблокували, там ц без вкраїнчиків у вас крисяк вистачає :) Я просто пришвидшила процес ✨

Nick_Teygu [46]

Uwu, the Russians began to whine. Kiddies, they would have blocked it soon anyway, you have enough snitches even without Ukrainians :) I just sped up the process ✨

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An April 19, 2023, news report about new anti-LGBT legislation by Russian news site paperpaper.io included this explanation:

В феврале Роскомнадзор запустил систему автоматического поиска запрещенного контента «Окулус», в начале апреля ведомство потребовало от крупнейшего зарубежного сайта с фанфиками Archive of Our Own удалить несколько порнографических материалов на русском языке, в которых присутствуют несовершеннолетние герои.

paperpaper.io [47]

In February, Roskomnadzor launched the Oculus automatic search system for prohibited content; in early April, the agency demanded that Archive of Our Own, the largest foreign fanfiction site, remove several pornographic materials in Russian that contain underage characters.

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On April 8, 2023, the Federal News Agency (aka Internet Research Agency) ran an article predicting that AO3 would be blocked "because of Harry Potter fan fiction":

Роскомнадзор может заблокировать платформу самиздата Archive of Our Own. Представители ведомства нашли детские порнографические материалы в фанатских рассказах по Гарри Поттеру.

Соответствующие тексты отыскали также в работах поклонников «Звездных войн». После обнаружения неподобающих материалов, Роскомнадзор направил обращение администрации сайта. В нем представители ведомства призвали создателей удалить указанные тексты с платформы.

В беседе с журналистами издания «Ведомости» представители Роскомнадзора поделились вариантом развития событий. Если администрация проигнорирует призывы, ведомство ограничит доступ к порталу на территории России.

riafan.ru [48]

Roskomnadzor may block the Archive of Our Own samizdat platform. Officials have found child pornography in Harry Potter fan stories.

Corresponding texts were also found in the works of Star Wars fans. After the discovery of inappropriate materials, Roskomnadzor sent an appeal to the site administration. In it, representatives of the department called on the creators to remove these texts from the platform.

In an interview with Vedomosti journalists, representatives of Roskomnadzor shared a scenario. If the administration ignores the appeals, the department will restrict access to the portal in Russia.

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To be clear, AO3 does not allow child pornography, which is illegal in the United States (where AO3 is hosted). The AO3's terms of service says, "Content may not be uploaded to OTW's servers if it contains or links to child pornography (images of real children)."[49]

Sabotage by Ficbook?

As early as April 6, when the Vedomosti article was published, some Russian fans speculated that Ficbook, a for-profit Russian language fanfic website, had reported AO3 to the government in order to beat the competition.[50][51] On the Holiwarka forum, anons discussed how the Ficbook site admin was quoted in the same Vedomosti article and whether it was just a coincidence that AO3 was Ficbook's main competitor. Others pointed out that fandom had plenty of haters who would be glad to report AO3. See the thread.

Fan Reactions

On Twitter

Russians react to the block

Russian twitter users noticed immediately that the site was blocked and voiced their feelings in Russian and English:

[linynightmare[52]]

Ao3 был заблокирован в России. Как мне теперь избегать реальность, если я не могу погрузиться в мои любимые депрессивные фанфики?

Ao3 was blocked in Russia. How can I avoid reality now if I can't dive into my favorite depressing fanfiction?

[athelstanOSidhe[53]]

Ao3 заблокирован

AO3 is blocked [Jeremy Renner crying.gif]

[korisa31332012]

Ага, я прям в шоке...

Yep, I'm shocked...

[athelstanOSidhe]

Я не то чтобы в шоке, это было ожидаемо с тех пор как про них узнали хд С другой стороны, у меня как у автора ни там, ни на фкбк все равно нет фидбека хд А вот как читатель несколько негодую хд

I'm not exactly shocked, it was expected since the time they learned about it xd On the other hand, as an author, I still have no feedback either there or on fkbk xd But as a reader, I'm somewhat indignant xd

[sjxrights[54]]

ao3 is now inaccessible in Russia please hold me while I cry

[savvasaam[55]]

Ao3 in russia got blocked and only works with VPN now im gonna kill myself

[milashkaw[56]]

DID THEY BAN AO3 IN RUSSIA?????? WHY CAN I ACCESS IT ONLY WITH VPN ON WHAT THE FUCK?????????

this is the worst day of my fucking life man

[novellageek[57]]

у нас все больше общего с китаем, где ао3 уже несколько лет заблокирован из-за жалоб на фанфики порнографического содержания с сяо чжанем, смеюсь

we have more and more in common with china, where ao3 has been blocked for several years due to complaints about pornographic fanfiction with xiao zhan, lol

Ukrainians react to the block

Ukrainian twitter users were unsympathetic and pointed out that twitter was also blocked in Russia, so if they were tweeting, they obviously had a VPN and still had access to AO3.[58] Some responses were sarcastic, disdainful, or hostile, and many highlighted that Russians only had to worry about website access while Ukrainians were getting killed by Russians:

[neniesteff[59]]

While the greatest problem of today's night in russia was banned ao3, in Ukraine people died from russian shelling. russians say they're innocent, but what was the guilt of killed Ukrainian children?

Ukrainians won't care about the "innocence" of ordinary russians as long as people here are dying from shelling at their expense.

[3Herbarium[60]]

рососіяни влаштували геноцид, але переймаються лише сайтами з фанфіками і чистотою мови 🤡

the Russians staged a genocide, but they only care about sites with fan fiction and purity of language 🤡

[_Cambria_Light_[61]]

😱 russian children will die without ao3

[ysngsbunny[62]]

сподіваюся

I hope

Reactions to the Ukrainian report

After reacting to the block itself, Russian and Ukrainian users expressed divergent opinions upon learning that a Ukrainian had reported the site to the Russian government. Although Nick_Teygu's thoughts on Russians' response to her action are now hidden, a Twitter search turns up some replies to her from other users. In general, Ukrainian-language users seemed to express support for Nick_Teygu's action, while Russian-language users were not so happy:

[anly_ly_ly, Archived version]

Дякую за активну громадську позицію, пані Тейґу! Ви робите ао3 краще

Thank you for your active public stance, Ms. Teig! You're making ao3 better

[moych_, comment in Ukrainian]

Твоя громадянська позиція відгукується серці😌 , хочу пожати руку великій людині

Your civic position resonates with my heart😌, I want to shake the hand of a great person

[runyamaki, comment in Russian]

Гражданская позиция это сотрудничать с репрессивным органом государства, который ведёт с твоей страной войну?

Is it a civil position to cooperate with the repressive body of the state which is waging war with your country?

[moych_, comment in Ukrainian]

На нас то не вплине, але з вас та того як ваша країна бориться проти свого ж народу посміятись завжди можна

It won't affect us, but you and the way your country fights against its own people can always be laughed at

[runyamaki, comment in Russian]

Не думаю, что поддержка репрессий и автократиии, что влияет на вливание ресурсов в войну - то, что стоит поощрять и радоваться. Да и ведь украинцы сами постоянно говорят, что налоги идут на войну и раз люди возвратятся на фикбук, то доход с рекламы уйдёт туда же?

I don't think that support for repression and autocracy, which affects the injection of resources into the war, is something to be encouraged and rejoiced at. And after all, Ukrainians themselves constantly say that taxes go to war and since people return to ficbook, then advertising revenue will go there too?

[cucumber1bro[63]]

russians are pathetic. Ukranian reported to roscomnadzor some fanfics on ao3 to do a little trolling, and now ao3 is banned in russia. They should be blaming their government, what do they do instead? Telling Ukranian to die in shelling. #notallrussians, right?

[ningieluvrr[64]]

ah yes, young queer russians most of whom hate the government and what it’s doing are the ones bombing ua. sure, telling the government that bombs you to ban ao3 is “a little trolling”

[AyziEther[65]]

Ao3 заблокировали в России. И есть основание полагать, что настучали с украинской стороны.

Я испытываю очень очень комплексную злость, которую не могу выплеснуть.

Ao3 blocked in Russia. And there is reason to believe that they snitched from the Ukrainian side.

I have a very, very complex anger that I can't get out.

[ciluyu_v_plechi]

Вьіплєснісь із акна 🤣

Get yourself out of the window 🤣

[AyziEther[66]]

Если это правда*

Даже так я не желаю тебе зла и надеюсь скоро все мы сможем вздохнуть свободной грудью.

Хоть и AO3 блокнут, но мне типа ничего не мешает пользоваться VPN как и многим другим россиянам.

If it's true*

Even so, I do not wish you harm and I hope soon we will all be able to breathe freely.

Although AO3 is blocked, nothing prevents me from using VPN like many other Russians.

[AyziEther[67]]

Когда я выпущу свой магнум опус, наверно взорвётся солнце, настолько мой фф шикарный.

When I release my magnum opus, the sun will probably explode, my ff is that gorgeous.

[vincccenoir]

ой, чєртіл, можеш не переживати за свій магнум опус - він нікому не потрібен, особливо на ао3❣️

oh, hell, don't worry about your magnum opus - no one needs it, especially on ao3❣️

[AyziEther]

Нужен, нужен. Я очень старалась над ним. Ваше злорадство ни к чему.

They need it, they really do. I worked very hard on it. Your gloating is useless.

Heated rhetoric, abuse, etc.

Some of the discourse between Russian and Ukrainian users became very intense. Twitter does not have a reputation for inspiring nuanced and genteel debate in the best of circumstances, and in this circumstance Russians saw the Ukrainians as collaborating with a repressive regime and Ukrainians saw the Russians as denying their collective responsibility for Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine[68][69]. It's also likely that trolls and pro-war Russian users were involved in the discussions.

Some Ukrainian users reported later that Russians were wishing death on Nick_Teygu[70][71]; in some cases the worst responses may have been reported to Twitter and deleted[72]. One Russian replied to Nick_Teygu with an image of a bombed out Ukrainian apartment building with the text "зато у нас есть AO3" (But we have AO3)[73]. This tweet garnered 51 angry quote-tweets[74]; one commented sarcastically, "'good russians' until their fav website is blocked 🥱"[75][76]

A few Russians commented in surprise and alarm at Ukrainian responses, or tried to argue with Ukrainians.[77] Several Ukrainians wished death on a Russian user after the Russian user mentioned having clinical depression.[78][79][80] One Ukrainian, who expressed disapproval of the reporting itself, commented,

Пока вы глубоко оскорблены тем, что вам желают смерти в интернете, пожелания смерти украинцам воплощаются в жизнь 24/7 в прямом эфире, кстати тут вышло одно видео перед вашим коллективным воем, там человеку голову отрубают. Вам смерти желают, нам дают в полном объеме.

theopenzemo [81]

While you are deeply offended by the fact that they wish you death on the Internet, death wishes for Ukrainians are being realized 24/7 live, by the way, one video was released before your collective howl, where a person’s head is cut off. They wish you death, they give us in full.

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More links

More twitter discussion threads:

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Retaliation against the Ukrainian reporter

Some Russian twitter users reported Nick_Teygu's AO3 account to AO3 itself, arguing that she should be banned for "cooperation with the authoritarian regime and its illegitimate bodies in order to block the resource."[82]

As of March 2024, the Ukrainian user's AO3 account is still active.[83] The AO3 account doesn't mention a twitter handle, so it's unclear whether AO3 determined that their behavior wasn't a terms of service violation or they couldn't prove the account was owned by the same person.

Further Reading

Media Coverage

Fannish Links

References

  1. ^ a b comment on "is ao3 not working again?", Archived version, r/AO3, 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Languages / Archive of Our Own, Archived version, accessed 1 September 2024. Count of works by language: 11.8 million English; 850,753 中文-普通话 國語; 284,602 Русский. Fourth place is Español with 172,391 works.
  3. ^ Фикбук lang:ru until:2022-12-06 since:2022-12-04, Archived version, twitter search accessed 23 April 2023.
  4. ^ tweet by backup_mu, Archived version, 5 December 2022.
  5. ^ "авторам рекомендую перелить все на ао3, а читателям скачать все любимое, ибо фикбук охуел в край" (I recommend to the authors to transfer everything to ao3, and to the readers to download everything they love, because the ficbook has gone to hell) nianel4, 5 December 2022.
  6. ^ "на этой неделе буду перевозить все слэш-фанфики с фикбука на ao3" (this week I will be moving all slash fanfics from ficbook to ao3) tweet by ok_sirok, Archived version, 5 December 2022.
  7. ^ twitter thread by EniaXxx, explaining how to use AO3, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  8. ^ twitter thread by northandyouth, explaining how to use AO3, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  9. ^ Re: Ask Meme, Archived version, anonymous thread, fail_fandomanon, 7 December 2022.
  10. ^ tweet by slobna_istota, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  11. ^ tweet by neroloner, Archived version, 5 December 2022.
  12. ^ tweet by Hustler_Hazza, 6 December 2022.
  13. ^ tweet by mpdqrs, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  14. ^ tweet by sunflowerpie, Archived version, 7 December 2022.
  15. ^ tweet by vun8vkn, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  16. ^ tweet by demon_raydugay, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  17. ^ tweet by gin_chthonic, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  18. ^ tweet by ebany_rot_blet, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  19. ^ tweet by Hustler_Hazza, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  20. ^ Note that the hidden tweet in reply is under Nick_Teygu's new username. tweet thread started by florenceloverrr, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  21. ^ Machine translation of "В России принят закон о запрете пропаганды нетрадиционных отношений и смены пола. Пропаганда, в трактовке закона, это — создание позитивного образа этих самых отношений. Некоторые работы на Фикбуке могут подходить под это определение." telegram post by ficbook_official, Archived version, 6 December 2022.
  22. ^ a b c d tweet by nelehitch, Archived version, Apr 15, 2023.
  23. ^ a b Роскомнадзор нашел детское порно в американских фанфиках по мотивам «Гарри Поттера» и «Звездных войн» (Roskomnadzor found child porn in American fan fiction based on Harry Potter and Star Wars), Archived version, vedomosti.ru, 6 April 2023.
  24. ^ Wayback Machine copy of Nick_Teygu's tweet containing a screencap of Roskom's email reply
  25. ^ Поздравляю, ao3 больше не открывается без впн (Congrats, ao3 no longer opens without vpn), Archived version, tweet by dasharevv, 12:32 a.m. UTC+3, 15 April 2023.
  26. ^ Форум» ...и прочий интернет» АО3 — обсудим? (Forum» ...and other Internet» AO3 - let's discuss?), Archived version, anon thread at Holiwarka. Post #7375 says, "Только у меня сайт не открывается?" (Is it just me the site won't open for?).
  27. ^ tweet by destructivist_j, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  28. ^ Re: Ask Meme, Archived version, fail_fandomanon, 2023-04-20.
  29. ^ Register of prohibited sites, Archived version at rublacklist.net (Accessed 22 March 2024.)
  30. ^ D_Teygu's AO3 profile, Archived version, accessed 19 April 2023.
  31. ^ The AO3 search URL shared in the screencap
  32. ^ Wayback Machine copy of Nick_Teygu's April 6, 2023, twitter thread, 15 April 2023.
  33. ^ ‘A generational shift’: war prompts Ukrainians to embrace their language, Archived version, The Guardian, 6 Mar 2023.
  34. ^ Ukrainians are breaking their ties with the Russian language, Archived version, The Washington Post, July 28, 2023.
  35. ^ As of 1 September 2024, the Українська language tag has 20,500 works. Of these, 19,507 were first posted on or after February 24, 2022, the day of the invasion. Українська Works, Archived version.
  36. ^ tweet by shishloi, Archived version Dec 18, 2022.
  37. ^ що я можу сказати.. це піздець громадяни. читати переклади РОСІЙСЬКИХ РОБОТ РОСІЯН УКРАЇНСЬКОЮ ≠ ПІДТРИМУВАТИ УКРАЇНСЬКИЙ КОНТЕНТ ви йобнулись!??!?!?! блять, якщо читаєте роботи українських авторів, які перекладаються з рос, то ви краш, молодець, АЛЕ НЕ РОБОТИ РОСІЯН #укррайт (what can i say.. these are fucking citizens. read translations of RUSSIAN WORKS INTO UKRAINIAN RUSSIAN ≠ SUPPORT UKRAINIAN CONTENT you fucked up!??!?!?! damn, if you read the works of Ukrainian authors that are translated from Russian, then you are awesome, well done, BUT DON'T DO RUSSIAN #ukrright), Archived version, tweet by bj_jupa, 7 Dec 2022.
  38. ^ Machine translation of "краще б я не заходила на аккаунт цієї чмоні... вона тягне російське болото в український інфапростір, нормалізуючи ось таку парашу.. оаоаикоаолакьаллвдудаьлалв мене зараз розірве я прошу рятуйте" tweet by bj_jupa, Archived version, 7 December 2022.
  39. ^ якими йобнутими треба бути, щоб вкидувати це в український інфопростір, ще й банер власними руками робити російською, це піздєц. "мьі нє умєрлі, мьі просто так вьіглядім" та ідіть ви нахуй (how stupid do you have to be to throw this into the Ukrainian infospace, and to make a banner with your own hands in Russian, that's a shame. "I'm not dead, I'm just looking at you" and fuck you), tweet by shiroinsomnia, 19 March 2024.
  40. ^ Сучі русняволюби неофіти дісталися і до Драррі. Нахіба нам в укр просторі переклад робіт малороски, що ДОСІ АКТИВНО сидить на фікбукє і любезнічаєт с русньой? #укррайт я закликаю це не толерувати, не читати і не лайкати, це теж наші кордони 👇 (Such Russian-loving neophytes reached Drarry as well. Do we need a translation of the works of a Malorossian who is STILL ACTIVELY sitting on a fic book and flirting with a Russian woman in the Ukrainian space? #укррайт I urge you not to tolerate it, not to read it and not to like it, these are also our borders 👇), Archived version, tweet by ficwriterka, 27 April 2023.
  41. ^ comment by Neofits, Archived version, 18 Apr 2023.
  42. ^ tweet with screencaps by bj_jupa, Archived version, 28 April 2023. The translator has since deleted all their AO3 works.
  43. ^ "Якщо походити по пошуку, то можна побачити, що до того, як росня знайшла твіт Тейґу, більшість з них була впевнена, що донос походить від фікбуку. Або що взагалі доносу не було, просто ао3 відмовився видавати дані, навідміну від фб" tweet by has_landi, Archived version, 15 Apr 2023.
  44. ^ WATCH: Coming Out Day Arrests Are Proof Putin Wants to Turn Back Time, Archived version, The Advocate, October 14 2014.
  45. ^ AO3 Works Search results, 13 May 2023.
  46. ^ Wayback Machine copy of Nick_Teygu's twitter thread, 14 April 2023, saved 15 April 2023.
  47. ^ Минюст утвердил критерии «пропаганды ЛГБТ, педофилии и смены пола» (The Ministry of Justice approved the criteria for "propaganda of LGBT people, pedophilia and gender reassignment"), Archived version, paperpaper.io, april 19, 2023.
  48. ^ Роскомнадзор может заблокировать портал Archive of Our Own из-за фанфиков по Гарри Поттеру (Roskomnadzor may block the Archive of Our Own portal because of Harry Potter fan fiction), Archived version, riafan.ru, 8 Aprile 2023.
  49. ^ TOS Home, Archived version, accessed 20 April 2023.
  50. ^ "/надел шапочку из фольги/ а вдруг Костик настучал на конкурентов, чтобы фикбук не прикрыли?" (Machine translation: "/ put on a tinfoil hat / what if Kostya snitched on competitors so that the ficbuk would not be covered up?") Index» ...и прочий интернет» АО3 — обсудим?, Archived version, Holiwarka anon forum, 6 April 2023.
  51. ^ tweet by ridiculousbut, Archived version, 6 April 2023.
  52. ^ tweet by linynightmare, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  53. ^ tweet by athelstanOSidhe, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  54. ^ tweet by sjxrights, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  55. ^ tweet by savvasaam, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  56. ^ tweet by milashkaw, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  57. ^ tweet by novellageek, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  58. ^ EXACTLY LIKE 😭 why are you HOWLING so loud about ao3 being blocked on TWITTER that's also blocked in russia like, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  59. ^ tweet by neniesteff, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  60. ^ tweet by 3Herbarium, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  61. ^ tweet by _Cambria_Light_, Archived version, 21 April 2023.
  62. ^ tweet by ysngsbunny, Archived version, 21 April 2023.
  63. ^ tweet by cucumber1bro, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  64. ^ quote-tweet by ningieluvrr, Archived version, 18 April 2023.
  65. ^ tweet by AyziEther, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  66. ^ tweet by AyziEther, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  67. ^ tweet by AyziEther, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  68. ^ twitter exchange between oil_lok, aika_2100, and derbushka, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  69. ^ tweet by lipophreniaa, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  70. ^ When ao3 was banned in russia(one of the reasons was a report of a Ukranian girl) dozens of them wished her death on twitter. I didn't know Putin likes reading fanfiction so much. I didn't know he likes reading GAY fanfiction, especially., Archived version, tweet by cucumber1bro, 17 April 2023.
  71. ^ "I'll speak your pig-dog language. I saw a lot of retweets where Ukrainians were wished death from missiles and the like. Say thank you again that you're just a bitch rotten nits you're bald" (Поговорю на твоём свинособачьем. Видела дохуя ретвитов где украинцам желали смерти от ракет и тому подобное. Скажи ещё спасибо что вас просто сука гнобят гнида ты плешивая) tweet by albebebra, Archived version
  72. ^ twitter thread: one Ukrainian replies to Nick_Teygu with, "By the way, you can complain about a direct threat of violence" (До речі, можна поскаржитися за пряму погрозу насильством). Two others reply that they have reported the tweets. twitter thread started by neoris_goth, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  73. ^ tweet by remTVoffical, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  74. ^ quote tweets of remTVoffical, Archived version
  75. ^ tweet by 5hinymiku, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  76. ^ For more context on the phrase "good russians", see NPR's Rough Translation podcast episode The Good Russians.
  77. ^ twitter thread started by Aika_2100, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  78. ^ tweet by asocial_smoker, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  79. ^ tweet by misskorestskaya, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  80. ^ tweet by uosirig, Archived version, 15 April 2023.
  81. ^ tweet by theopenzemo, Archived version, 16 April 2023.
  82. ^ "Имеет смысл просить руководство AO3 о блокировке её аккаунта – за сотрудничество с авторитарным режимом и его нелегитимными органами с целью блокировки ресурса. Наверняка у них есть такое правило." tweet by Q467306236, Archived version, Apr 15, 2023.
  83. ^ D_Teygu AO3 Dashboard, Archived version (Accessed 22 March 2024.)
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