Organization for Transformative Works News

The Abuse Committee is a new OTW committee dedicated to fielding the complaints that come in about content uploaded to the Archive of Our Own. We determine if complaints are about legitimate violations of the Terms of Service, and what to do about them if they are; our major goals are to adhere completely to the TOS, to make our reasoning and processes as clear and transparent as possible, and to keep every individual case that we work with completely confidential.

One of the inherent problems of having a committee called “Abuse” is that it’s easy to make suppositions about what such a committee will do and how its work will impact others. We welcome the chance to work with you and demonstrate our commitment to transparency, confidentiality, and equitable treatment. With that in mind, perhaps it would be good to demystify our efforts and bring a little attention to what it is we are doing back here (not in the shadows!) as we get ready to come out of closed beta.

Read the rest of the article for more information on the following topics:

( Some Information About Accessibility. )

( Our Privacy and Conflict of Interest Policies. )

( Our Commitment to Transparency. )

( Who Are We, Anyway? )

( We Are Part Of The Whole Archive Team. )

( LINKS. )

Mirrored from an original post on the OTW blog.