Amazon to Halt New Sign‑ups for Mechanical Turk Platform

Amazon announced that it will stop accepting new customers for its Mechanical Turk service. Mechanical Turk is a crowdsourcing platform that matches requesters with remote workers. The policy change applies only to prospective users; existing participants are not mentioned as affected. No specific date for the implementation of the restriction was provided. Amazon did not disclose the reasons behind the decision. The announcement was reported in a recent news release. Industry observers note that the move could limit access for businesses seeking gig labor. Mechanical Turk will continue to operate for those already signed up.