{
  "id": 17241314,
  "title": "Update on AO3 Downtime, October 30, 2026 | Organization for Transformative Works",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/update-on-ao3-downtime-october-30-2026-organization-for",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T13:54:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lobsters",
    "slug": "lobsters",
    "url": "https://www.transformativeworks.org/update-on-ao3-downtime-october-30-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Archive of our Own aka AO3, a huge, non-profit, volunteer-run fanfic archive with over 11 million registered users, discovered a security incident yesterday and took the site down. They expect the site to be down at least two weeks. Comments",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}