Claude cannot be used to promote terrorism, support extremist organizations, incite violence against anyone, or spread discrimination based on race, religion, gender, sexuality, or other protected characteristics.
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This provision establishes content restrictions that govern permissible use of the API service. The clause creates operational boundaries for what types of outputs and use cases the service may be applied to, requiring users to structure their applications to comply with these prohibited conduct categories.
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"Incite, facilitate, or promote violent extremism, terrorism, or hateful behavior... Provide material support for organizations or individuals associated with violent extremism, terrorism, or hateful behavior... Promote discriminatory practices or behaviors against individuals or groups on the basis of one or more protected attributes such as race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or any other identifying trait.— Excerpt from Anthropic's Anthropic API Usage Policy
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages 18 U.S.C. § 2339B (material support to designated terrorist organizations), 18 U.S.C. § 875 (interstate threats), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (discriminatory content in employment contexts), the EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation (EU 2021/784, one-hour removal obligation), EU Digital Services Act (DSA, Art. 16 notice-and-action for illegal content), and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. § 230) as a potential liability shield. (2)
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This provision establishes content restrictions that govern permissible use of the API service. The clause creates operational boundaries for what types of outputs and use cases the service may be applied to, requiring users to structure their applications to comply with these prohibited conduct categories.
Users are protected from being exposed to AI-generated extremist content, hate speech, or targeted discrimination through Anthropic's products — and operators who build such functionality face account termination.
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