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The claim establishes both that the Services are not directed at children under 18 and that Anthropic does not knowingly engage in any information-handling activities with respect to that age group, creating a categorical prohibition.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim merges two closely related and logically inseparable propositions from the same sentence. The 'knowingly' qualifier is preserved as it is a meaningful legal limitation on the scope of the prohibition.
Children under 18 are prohibited from using Anthropic's Services, and Anthropic will not knowingly collect, use, disclose, sell, or share their information.
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"Our Services are not directed towards, and we do not knowingly collect, use, disclose, sell, or share any information from children under the age of 18.Excerpt from Anthropic's Privacy Policy
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The claim establishes both that the Services are not directed at children under 18 and that Anthropic does not knowingly engage in any information-handling activities with respect to that age group, creating a categorical prohibition.
Children under 18 are prohibited from using Anthropic's Services, and Anthropic will not knowingly collect, use, disclose, sell, or share their information.
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