Claude Account Bans, Suspensions and Appeals

Anthropic's filing says about 5–7% of revenue in the first nine months came from users who violated policies, with bans stepped up in August and September.

The user says four Claude accounts were banned and concludes that mismatched signup, usage and payment IPs eventually trigger bans, so fix the environment before switching accounts.

A relayed report: upgrading a new account straight to Max triggered KYC and a ban, while opening Pro first and upgrading days later succeeded; the author's 20x account was banned but a 5x one lasted three months.

User asks @grok whether running Claude for a month on a mainland +86 SIM without changing timezone and still not getting banned puts them ahead of 99% of Chinese internet users.

A blogger's Claude app ban with a 'you are Chinese' notice went viral, drawing over ten million views and reposts within hours.

The author says severe Claude bans pushed many to Codex, reports a big productivity jump after subscribing, and shares his no-ban setup: a Taiwan cousin's email and local bank card plus a stable US proxy.

A user whose Claude Pro account has survived so far asks whether upgrading to Max risks getting the account banned.

A poster relays a V2EX debate over whether Claude bans hinge on network environment or chat content, citing two banned $200 accounts and others doing the same work without issue.

After a Claude account ban, logging out is not enough: the machineID in ~/.claude.json must be cleared, and the new account should avoid resume since old sessions link it to the previous organization UUID.

A commenter notes Claude hit over 200 million users even with harsh account bans, and says fully opening up would likely overload its servers.

The author subscribed to Claude Max 5x using CN KYC, a U card and a Taipei timezone, logging the upgrade from Pro and promising to report back if the account gets banned.

The author argues Claude's mass bans stem from US compliance deadlines and high token costs, not Dario's past at Baidu.