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title: "Updating sales restrictions for unsupported regions"
description: "Anthropic is updating its Terms of Service to address access by companies from regions where its products are not permitted, including entities operating through foreign subsidiaries. The company says ownership or control from jurisdictions such as China can create legal obligations to share data, cooperate with intelligence services, or support military and intelligence objectives. Under the change, companies or organizations more than 50% owned directly or indirectly by companies headquartered in unsupported regions are prohibited from using the services, regardless of where they operate. Anthropic frames the update as aligning its restrictions with real-world national-security risks and reiterates support for export controls, US energy projects, and rigorous evaluation of AI models for capabilities relevant to national security."
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# Updating sales restrictions for unsupported regions

[Anthropic](https://yomu.fyi/company/anthropic) · Sep 4, 2025

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Anthropic is updating its Terms of Service to address access by companies from regions where its products are not permitted, including entities operating through foreign subsidiaries. The company says ownership or control from jurisdictions such as China can create legal obligations to share data, cooperate with intelligence services, or support military and intelligence objectives. Under the change, companies or organizations more than 50% owned directly or indirectly by companies headquartered in unsupported regions are prohibited from using the services, regardless of where they operate. Anthropic frames the update as aligning its restrictions with real-world national-security risks and reiterates support for export controls, US energy projects, and rigorous evaluation of AI models for capabilities relevant to national security.

## Context

Anthropic says companies subject to control from authoritarian or otherwise unsupported jurisdictions may face legal requirements to share data or cooperate with intelligence services. Access through subsidiaries in permitted countries could allow these entities to use Anthropic's capabilities for adversarial military and intelligence purposes, advance AI development through distillation, and compete with companies in the United States and allied countries.

## Approach / What changed

The Terms of Service will prohibit companies or organizations whose ownership structures subject them to control from unsupported jurisdictions, regardless of where they operate. The restriction includes entities more than 50% owned, directly or indirectly, by companies headquartered in unsupported regions.

## Takeaways

- Entities more than 50% owned directly or indirectly by companies headquartered in unsupported regions are covered by the restriction.
- Anthropic identifies subsidiary-based access as a route through which restricted-region companies could use its models for military, intelligence, or model-distillation purposes.
- The update is presented alongside support for strong export controls and evaluation of AI models for national-security-relevant capabilities.

**Tags:** [AI Governance](https://yomu.fyi/topic/ai-governance), [Compliance](https://yomu.fyi/topic/compliance), [Security](https://yomu.fyi/topic/security)

- Source: [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/updating-restrictions-of-sales-to-unsupported-regions)
- Source URL: https://www.anthropic.com/news/updating-restrictions-of-sales-to-unsupported-regions
- Ingested by Yomu: 2026-09-10T20:02:14.564Z

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