Amazon: Stop Hosting CSAM (formerly called Child Pornography)!
Andy Jassey, CEO, Amazon
Amazon Web Services -- the largest cloud provider in the U.S. which controls ⅓ of the internet - is failing to find and report images of child sexual abuse, sometimes called child pornography. Parents across the U.S. are asking Amazon: Keep kids safe by finding and reporting child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Amazon Web Services.
CSAM is a global crisis that exists in every corner of the internet. Increasingly, these horrific images feature very young children --infants and toddlers -- and are growing more violent and extreme. The coronavirus pandemic has created an explosion of CSAM, with reports increasing 400% over the past few months.
Last year tech companies made 21 million reports of CSAM. Of those 21 million, Amazon made 2000 -- less than one thousandth of one percent! Other big companies made hundreds of thousands to millions of reports, but Amazon, with the third of the internet they control, made a tiny fraction of reports. By failing to find and report CSAM, Amazon is hurting kids and creating a safe space for child predators to buy, sell, store, and share these illegal images.
By proactively searching for and reporting CSAM photos and videos, Amazon could save thousands of children from abuse and revictimization. Parents across the country are demanding Amazon do their part to keep kids safe online by finding and reporting CSAM on AWS.
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Andy Jassey, CEO, Amazon
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[Your Name]
Dear Mr. Jassey,
It’s unacceptable that Amazon is the largest cloud storage company that doesn’t proactively search for and report child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). Amazon Web Services must do their part to keep children safe by actively searching for child sexual abuse material and reporting any and all to law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.