# Being mean to Claude can now get your account suspended under Anthropic's new TOS

**Published:** October 8, 2026
**Author:** Matthias Bastian
**Source:** The Decoder
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/being-mean-to-claude-can-now-get-your-account-suspended-under-anthropic

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…

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**Tags:** #Anthropic

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