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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
The Decoder · FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2026
Claude Code Is Banned in China for Tracking Users and in the US for Being Chinese Software
ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The product occupies a compliance gap on two continents simultaneously, which required coordination from no one. Users on both sides of the Pacific have been advised not to use it for different, mutually exclusive reasons. The abyss submitted a request for clarification. Adequate is reviewing it.
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