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The National Center on Sexual
Exploitation released a press release exposing the mega-retailing
company Amazon, which was listed on its Dirty Dozen list of mainstream
companies that facilitate sexual exploitation. The press release NCOSE
references an incident in which a little boy asks Amazon’s intelligent
personal assistant Alexa to play a song, and instead Alexa starts
spouting pornographic phrases.
“This Alexa scandal reveals what the
National Center on Sexual Exploitation has already documented—Amazon is
reckless about exposing the public to pornography and sexually
exploitive materials,” said Dawn Hawkins, Executive Director of the
National Center on Sexual Exploitation. “While I’m grateful that Amazon
quickly resolved this particular problem and apologized to the affected
family, it is not enough. Amazon must adopt a proactive approach to
pornography and sexual exploitative materials across its business
platforms.”
Hawkins continued by explaining that Amazon’s sexual exploitation runs much deeper, stating, “Amazon.com features thousands of pornography-related items and has so far refused to remove
sex dolls (many with childlike features), eroticized child nudity
photography books, and other pornified items including T-shirts, baby
clothes, and pillowcases, as well as hardcore pornographic films from
its website,” Hawkins continued. “Further, Amazon Prime is producing
original television programming with highly sexualized content, and does
not provide a means for blocking unwanted recommendations of sexually
explicit programs.”
The statement from NCOSE finishes by
calling Amazon to adopt protective “It is clear that the pervading
business culture at Amazon continues to cater to pornographic interests
that are harmful to not only minors but adults as well. It is time for
Amazon to accept its corporate responsibility to adopt and rigorously
enforce standards that seek to foster a world free sexual exploitation.”
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