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Prohibition on personalized political vote targeting

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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.

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Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 370 other provisions on other platforms.

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Users 18 years old and older will see personalized ads on Roblox (with consent, where required).

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Allow us and other advertisers to show you the most relevant products, offers, and advertisements on the site and third-party sites, or through emails or other message platforms.

GOAT Medium

These features enable us to use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick advertising cookie) or other third-party cookies together to inform, optimize, and display ads based on your past visits to the Services.

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Engage in personalized vote or campaign targeting based on individual profiles or data

Excerpt from Anthropic's API Usage Policy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Anthropic API Usage Policy
Entity
Anthropic
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-017299
Document ID
CA-D-00013
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
60e693438d9f7f47deb8f3bfb819343e26b5fe0eb90d56280568f1dd95ae660f
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 00:39 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Anthropic
Document: Anthropic API Usage Policy
Record ID: CA-P-017299
Captured: 2026-05-11 00:39:26 UTC
SHA-256: 60e693438d9f7f47…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/anthropic/anthropic-api-usage-policy/provision/CA-P-017299/prohibition-on-personalized-political-vote-targeting/
Accessed: Aug. 2, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Anthropic's Prohibition on personalized political vote targeting clause do?

The clause states: “Engage in personalized vote or campaign targeting based on individual profiles or data”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 147 platforms. See the full comparison.

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