Anthropic tightens supported regions policy, closing loopholes for restricted countries' entities
J_MaestreVidal · x · 2026-11-16
Anthropic's updated Supported Regions Policy (effective Nov 12, 2026) restricts Claude.ai, Claude Code, the API, and models via cloud platforms/resellers to listed countries only.
Three scenarios now count as unsupported-region use: anyone physically located in an unsupported region (including staff of supported entities); entities incorporated or headquartered there, regardless of where individuals are; and entities majority-owned or controlled by persons/entities in unsupported regions.
The author reads this as closing final loopholes that previously only labeled regions as "unsupported," effectively banning Russia, Belarus, China, Venezuela and others, their foreign subsidiaries, and travelers inside those borders.
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