Anthropic bans 4-year Claude user right after KYC, citing Supported Countries Policy

huangyun_122 · x · 2026-11-14

A user with a nearly 4-year-old $20/month Claude account was suddenly prompted to complete identity verification via Persona; right after finishing KYC, Anthropic's Safeguards Team emailed that automated systems detected violations of the Supported Countries Policy and revoked access, offering an appeals process. The post suggests Anthropic is batch-clearing users from unsupported regions via KYC checks.

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