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Any app built on Claude that children might use must block adult content, protect minors from harm, and follow all laws designed to keep children safe online.
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This provision operationalizes Anthropic's compliance obligations under child protection frameworks by establishing specific categorical prohibitions and affirmative safeguard requirements for products with minor user populations. The clause creates enforceable standards for product design, content filtering, and legal compliance across Anthropic's service offerings.
The Pentagon's supply chain risk designation does not directly modify Anthropic's consumer-facing terms of service, but creates government-level procurement restrictions that may affect Anthropic's ability to contract with federal agencies and defense contractors. The designation reflects the Department of Defense's assessment that Anthropic's acceptable use policy restrictions on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons present supply chain governance concerns under federal law. Commercial users of Anthropic's services are not directly subject to this designation, but federal agencies, defense contractors, and government-dependent organizations may face new contracting or compliance obligations when evaluating Anthropic as a vendor.
View change record →Parents and guardians can expect that products built on Claude and marketed to or accessible by minors are required to implement age-appropriate content filtering and comply with COPPA and similar laws — and Anthropic can terminate access to operators who fail to do so.
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"Products or services directed at minors or that are reasonably likely to be accessed by minors... Must not facilitate access to adult-only content including pornographic, extremely violent, or other age-inappropriate content... Must not engage in or facilitate any conduct that could be harmful to a minor... Must include age-appropriate safeguards and comply with applicable laws protecting minors.Excerpt from Anthropic's API Usage Policy
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates COPPA 15 U.S.C. § 6501 et seq. (verifiable parental consent for under-13 data collection, FTC enforcement), the UK Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code), EU GDPR Art. 8 (age of digital consent, 13-16 depending on member state), California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.99.28), and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) if enacted. Primary U.S. enforcement authority is the FTC, with state AGs for California, Illinois, and New York having independent enforcement capacity. (2)
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This provision operationalizes Anthropic's compliance obligations under child protection frameworks by establishing specific categorical prohibitions and affirmative safeguard requirements for products with minor user populations. The clause creates enforceable standards for product design, content filtering, and legal compliance across Anthropic's service offerings.
Parents and guardians can expect that products built on Claude and marketed to or accessible by minors are required to implement age-appropriate content filtering and comply with COPPA and similar laws — and Anthropic can terminate access to operators who fail to do so.
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