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Prohibition on Network and Abuse Activities

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision prohibits using AWS compute resources to conduct DDoS attacks, which is a common misuse of cloud infrastructure, and the restriction on open proxies and relays addresses abuse vectors that are frequently exploited for anonymizing malicious traffic.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The AWS AUP applies to all customers and their end users, establishing categories of prohibited conduct that, if violated, may result in service suspension or termination including without prior notice as the policy states. For businesses running production workloads on AWS, an unexpected suspension could disrupt operations, data access, and downstream services. You can review the full list of prohibited activities at https://aws.amazon.com/aup/ and audit your workloads to confirm they do not fall within any prohibited category.

How other platforms handle this

Runway Medium

You may not use Runway's tools to create content that promotes, glorifies, or facilitates acts of terrorism, mass violence, or genocide, or that could be used to provide material support to individuals or organizations engaged in such activities.

Mistral AI Medium

Customer will not, and will not permit any other person (including any End User) to: ... (d) attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code or underlying components (e.g., algorithms, weights, or systems) of the Mistral AI Products, including using the Outpu...

Perplexity AI Medium

You may not use the Services to attempt to circumvent, disable, or otherwise interfere with safety-related features of the Services, including features that prevent or restrict the generation of certain types of content.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Network Abuse. Taking actions that would reasonably result in retaliation against the AWS network, including launching a Denial of Service (DoS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against any website or server. Conducting any open proxy or open relay activities.

— Excerpt from Amazon's AWS Acceptable Use Policy

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Provision details

Document information
Document
AWS Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Amazon
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 27, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-010816
Document ID
CA-D-00028
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
35a0e34b7136e83dd0dca01e14dd192b01d7012211f2617232fe3d1a27218091
Analysis generated
April 27, 2026 10:50 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Amazon
Document: AWS Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-010816
Captured: 2026-04-27 10:50:37 UTC
SHA-256: 35a0e34b7136e83d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/amazon/aws-acceptable-use-policy/prohibition-on-network-and-abuse-activities/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Amazon's Prohibition on Network and Abuse Activities clause do?

This provision prohibits using AWS compute resources to conduct DDoS attacks, which is a common misuse of cloud infrastructure, and the restriction on open proxies and relays addresses abuse vectors that are frequently exploited for anonymizing malicious traffic.

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