Amazon is planning more aggressive moderation of its hosting platform
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is planning to expand its in-house moderation team for Amazon Web Services, according to a new report from Reuters. Citing two sources, the report says Amazon is planning to develop a proactive threat monitoring capability within AWS, which will seek out prohibited content on AWS servers and remove it before it's reported by users.
Reached for comment, Amazon did not confirm or deny the accuracy of the report, but said it does not plan to pre-review content before it is posted on the platform. As AWS continues to expand, this team (like most teams in AWS) will continue to grow," a representative said in a statement.
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