That same year, numerous outlets reported that the Islamic State terrorist organization was using the app to recruit new members. By 2015, the company had raised $39 million in funding.
Wickr was founded in 2012, applying high-level encryption to a consumer-messaging product. When NBC News tried to create a new test account on the app on Sunday, it displayed a pop-up saying: "Wickr Me will not support new users starting 3. Anyone found to be in violation of our terms is subject to account termination.” We act quickly on reports of illegal behavior, respond immediately to requests from law enforcement, and take the appropriate actions. In a statement provided to NBC News in June, an Amazon Web Services spokesperson said: “Amazon is committed to preventing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in every segment of our business, including Wickr, which maintains strict Terms of Use that clearly prohibit illegal activity. Law enforcement officials and a representative for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children told NBC News at the time that Wickr wasn't doing enough to detect or report the trading of such material on its platform. The investigation identified 72 court cases from the past five years in which the defendant allegedly used Wickr (as it’s commonly known) to trade child sexual abuse material. In June, an NBC News investigation revealed that Wickr Me had become a go-to product for many people trading child sexual abuse material. The decision, first announced in November, follows several controversies surrounding the ultra-secure chat app, which allowed users to sign up without a phone number or other potentially identifying information, making it a favorite for security-minded groups including hackers, drug dealers and journalists. Wickr Me, an Amazon-owned encrypted chat platform, stopped accepting new users after Saturday and will shut down completely on Dec.
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