Anthropic's New Regional Whitelist Takes Effect Nov 12, Barring Claude for Companies Controlled in Unsupported Regions

Nov 10 — Anthropic's newly released "Supported Regions Policy" will take effect on Nov 12. It changes product availability to a whitelist system: Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork, the API, and Claude models offered through cloud platforms and authorized resellers are available only in the 185 countries and regions on the list, and any location not listed is not supported.

The policy's three prohibitions are stricter than the list itself: using the products while physically in an unsupported region is a violation, including employees of companies in supported regions traveling on business; entities registered or headquartered in unsupported regions, as well as their personnel, violate the policy by using the products regardless of whether the person is in a supported region; and companies that are directly or indirectly majority-owned or controlled by entities in unsupported regions are likewise in violation, as are their personnel.