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Anthropic updates policy to ban sustained abuse of Claude

Original titleBeing mean to Claude can now get your account suspended under Anthropic's new TOS

Outlet: The Decoder
Published: Oct 9, 2026
Importance: 3/5

Summary

Anthropic updated its usage policy to ban sustained abuse of Claude and tightened restrictions on propaganda, drone weaponization, and surveillance. Violations can result in account suspension.

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Anthropic's updated usage policy bans sustained abuse of Claude and tightens restrictions on propaganda, drone weaponization, and surveillance. The abuse rule builds on an approach that already lets models end some conversations and treats Claude as an entity that may deserve protection. The article Being mean to Claude can now get your account suspended under Anthropic's new TOS appeared first on The Decoder.

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