TL;DR
- Risk level: Medium
- Who is affected: users who violate policy or operate from unsupported regions
- Main issue: warnings can escalate to suspension or termination
What the tool does
Claude is Anthropic’s AI assistant, available through Claude.ai and the API. Access is governed by usage policy and regional availability rules.
The actual risk
- Accounts can be warned or banned for violating usage policies.
- Creating accounts from unsupported locations can trigger restrictions.
- Repeated violations or evasion attempts increase suspension risk.
Evidence / signals
- Anthropic’s safeguards warnings and appeals page lists policy violations and unsupported locations as causes for bans or restrictions.
- Anthropic publishes supported countries for Claude.ai and API access.
- Anthropic publishes usage policy updates that clarify what is permitted.
Who should avoid this setup
- Teams operating in or near unsupported regions.
- Workflows that regularly touch high-risk or disallowed use cases.
Safer alternatives / mitigations
- Review the usage policy and keep prompts within allowed categories.
- Confirm your region is supported before onboarding users.
- Document changes after warnings and follow the appeals process if needed.
AIHackers verdict
If your workflow sits near policy boundaries, treat access as conditional and build a compliance checklist before you scale.
What to Do Next
Already using Claude? Review the Claude terms overview and the Anthropic policy claims — stay within policy boundaries.
Evaluating Claude for your team? Read the verified terms analysis before committing.
Need the primary sources? See Anthropic policy claims with direct quotes and citations.
Related links
- /risks/risk-rubric/
- /verify/claude-terms/
- /verify/anthropic-policy-claims/
- /risks/anthropic/third-party-access/
- /posts/anthropic-tos-changes-2025/