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Please use this form for questions or reports about violations of the AO3 Terms of Service. For more information, please refer to the Terms of Service FAQ.

If you need technical support, want to report a work tagged with an incorrect language, or would like to manage your Fannish Next-of-Kin, please contact our Support team.

If you would like to file a DMCA takedown request, please review our DMCA Policy and contact our Legal team.

Potential reasons to submit a report to the Policy & Abuse team:

  • You have encountered content on AO3 that violates the Content Policy or other parts of the Terms of Service.
  • You would like to know whether specific content is allowed on AO3.
  • You have experienced or witnessed harassment taking place on AO3.
  • You believe that your AO3 account was hacked.
  • You have been suspended or your work has been removed, and you have not received an email explaining why.

What to include in your report description:

Please only report one user at a time, and do not submit multiple reports about the same user. Our volunteer team is small, so it may take several months for us to get to your report.

We can answer Abuse reports in Afrikaans, Български, বাংলা, Català, Čeština, Dansk, Deutsch, eesti keel, Ελληνικά, English, Español, Filipino, 한국어, हिन्दी, Italiano, עברית, Lietuvių kalba, Magyar, मराठी, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português brasileiro, Português europeu, Română, Русский, Slovenščina, Српски, suomi, Svenska, Tiếng Việt, Türkçe, Українська, and 中文-普通话 國語. There will be an additional delay for responses in any language other than English.

Link and Describe Abuse

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Please ensure this link leads to the page you intend to report. Enter only one URL here and include any other links in the description field below.

Please specify why you are contacting us and/or what part of the Terms of Service is relevant to your complaint. (For example, "harassment", "not a fanwork", "commercial activities", etc.)

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Explain how the content you are reporting violates the Content Policy or other parts of the Terms of Service. Please be as specific as possible and include all relevant links and other information in your report. All information provided will remain confidential.

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