Cyber● LowOct 29 · Oct 29, 2026, 4:18 PM
Claude users say their accounts were banned after verification showed a Russian passport
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Meduza [en] · global
Users of the Claude chatbot say Anthropic, the service’s developer, has blocked their accounts after they completed identity verification using Russian documents. The complaints appeared on Reddit, on X, and on Telegram.
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