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This provision establishes operational boundaries for AWS infrastructure use by defining content and activity restrictions. The clause functions as a baseline security requirement that applies across all AWS services and is enforceable through AWS's ability to suspend or terminate service access for violations.
Users agree to refrain from specific conduct categories—distributing malware, building supporting infrastructure, or enabling prohibited activities—as a condition of AWS service use. Violation of these restrictions subjects the user's AWS account to enforcement action under AWS's terms, including suspension or termination of service.
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You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
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"Malicious and Harmful Content. Distributing malware or other malicious code or content. Creating infrastructure to support activities prohibited in this policy. Facilitating or enabling any of the activities prohibited in this policy.— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy
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This provision establishes operational boundaries for AWS infrastructure use by defining content and activity restrictions. The clause functions as a baseline security requirement that applies across all AWS services and is enforceable through AWS's ability to suspend or terminate service access for violations.
Users agree to refrain from specific conduct categories—distributing malware, building supporting infrastructure, or enabling prohibited activities—as a condition of AWS service use. Violation of these restrictions subjects the user's AWS account to enforcement action under AWS's terms, including suspension or termination of service.
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