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Anthropic retains discretion to impose graduated enforcement measures up to and including termination of access upon learning of a violation, without the clause specifying further process requirements.
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 →A Usage Policy violation may result in Anthropic throttling, suspending, or terminating your access to its products and services.
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"If we learn that you have violated our Usage Policy, we may throttle, suspend, or terminate your access to our products and services.Excerpt from Anthropic's API Usage Policy
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Anthropic retains discretion to impose graduated enforcement measures up to and including termination of access upon learning of a violation, without the clause specifying further process requirements.
A Usage Policy violation may result in Anthropic throttling, suspending, or terminating your access to its products and services.
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