You cannot use AWS to store, send, or distribute illegal content, including content that violates copyright, is obscene or abusive, or involves child sexual abuse material.
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This clause defines the scope of prohibited uses for AWS Services and establishes the operational boundary for acceptable content hosted on the platform. It requires AWS to maintain controls against specific categories of content that expose the service provider to legal liability or regulatory violation.
This clause prohibits a wide range of harmful and illegal content categories on AWS infrastructure, and because customers are responsible for end-user conduct, businesses hosting user-generated content face significant legal exposure if their platforms are used to store or distribute any of these content types.
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"No Illegal or Harmful Content. You may not use the Services to transmit, store, display, distribute or otherwise make available content that is illegal, harmful, or offensive, including content that: infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property or proprietary rights of others; is defamatory, obscene, abusive, invasive of privacy, or otherwise objectionable; contains or promotes child sexual abuse material or exploitation of minors.Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy
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This clause defines the scope of prohibited uses for AWS Services and establishes the operational boundary for acceptable content hosted on the platform. It requires AWS to maintain controls against specific categories of content that expose the service provider to legal liability or regulatory violation.
This clause prohibits a wide range of harmful and illegal content categories on AWS infrastructure, and because customers are responsible for end-user conduct, businesses hosting user-generated content face significant legal exposure if their platforms are used to store or distribute any of these content types.
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