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title: "Being mean to Claude can now get your account suspended under Anthropic's new TOS"
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summary: "Anthropic's updated usage policy bans sustained abuse of Claude and tightens restrictions on surveillance, propaganda, and drone weaponization. Violating the abuse rule may result in account suspension."
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# Being mean to Claude can now get your account suspended under Anthropic's new TOS

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**Published:** 2026-10-08T19:03:14.000Z
**Category:** Regulation
**Topics:** anthropic, regulation

## Summary

Anthropic's updated usage policy bans sustained abuse of Claude and tightens restrictions on surveillance, propaganda, and drone weaponization\. Violating the abuse rule may result in account suspension\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://the-decoder.com/being-mean-to-claude-can-now-get-your-account-suspended-under-anthropics-new-tos/>)